Some towns, such as Belchite, in Aragón, were so devastated that they were left in ruins and new towns were built next to them.Īt the conclusion of the war, agricultural production had been reduced by 20%. The Dirección General de Regiones Devastadas y Reparaciones, an organization created in 1939 to assess the level of destruction and organize repairs, found that 81 towns and cities across Spain were more than 75% destroyed. It is impossible to underestimate the level of destruction of the Spanish Civil War. However, the new geopolitical situation created by the Cold War resulted in Spain slowly being accepted into the Western alliance, long before the restoration of democracy in the country in 1975. Once Germany had been defeated, Spain, due to its past support, was ostracized by the new world order and was treated as a pariah state. The quasi fascist regime had itself supported Germany and Italy in a variety of ways throughout the Second World War, but after the Allied landings in North Africa and the Italian defeat, Franco repositioned Spain from non-belligerence to neutrality. Generalissimo Francisco Franco had emerged victorious from the conflict thanks, in no small measure, to German and Italian support, military, and otherwise. Spain was left in ruins following a devastating civil war between 19.
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