Spanish Civil War

CNT attempted coup in Spain leads to war.

Spain wasn't a part of war, but was quite close to the most intensive front in the Great War. Since 1918 it's military industry had fared rather well, since it began selling weapons to Entente, which was pretty close to breaking its neutrality. Needless to say, it wasn't very popular, especially amongst the workers that were under growing influence of the anarcho-syndycalist Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, that after merging with Worker's General Union slowly changed into one of the most influential trade unions in the world... while still being illegal.   Medium strata, at the same time, favoured Entente, while wealthy elites, the Catholic Church, and the Spanish Army preferred the Central Powers. Especially poweful group were the reactionary carlists, supporters of different line of Bourbon dynasty, that were also radically Catholic. Needless to say, situation in the country was... precarious.   The powderkeg finally exploded after the general strike of CNT turned into an armed revolution. Nobody knew how exactly they got armed so well, but many talked about GGR or even Soviet Russian involvement. The effect was a revolution, especially strong in Catalonia, but also powerful pretty much everywhere else.   As in all similar revolts - in Italy, Russia and Germany - the prime target for the coup was the government. It's destruction equalled the decapitation of the state and made the transition period vastly easier for the revolutionaries. Here, the king, his court, the government and his entire family, were eliminated in the first five hours of the revolution.   Soon, however, conservative elements - carlists, other monarchists, the Catholic Church, many generals, united politically into Falange Española - and mounted a succesful counterrevolution. Since most of the participants were leaning heavily towards the Central Powers, the Entente reacted... nervously, as it threatened the Gibraltar and southern France.   The risk of French intervention was made null, however, after Pope Benedict XV announced italian intervention in the war, and his support to Falange. With extensive use of techmaturgies, the Falange-Italian alliance quickly secured victory in the brief Civil War. The new, carlist, monarch - king Jaime - and the ruling Falange quickly joined military alliance - dubbed the Holy League - with Italy and declared war against GGR, greatly easing the worries of Entente... for now.