Limited War

SPANISH CIVIL WAR

• The Spanish Civil war was a limited war because the objective
• was not the total destruction of Spain but the reform of Spain

THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

• Fought July 17, 1936-April 1, 1939
• Between Republicans (loyal to Spanish republic)
• And the Nationalists ( rebel group led by Fransico)

CAUSES

• Conditions in Spain were deteriorating. The Great Depression
• affected everyone Globally and there was corruption in Spain's government
• The economic disparity between classes was enormous with many people subsistence farming.
• The combination of the farmers being oppressed and social instability led
• The opposition of the upperclass and the church.

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• President Manuel Azaña was declared president over Spain's new Left Republic
• Attempts were made to sperTe the church and state.
• The problems that led to the creation of the republic stayed
• And as a result civil unrest was still rampant.

THE GULF WAR

• It can be argued that the Gulf war was total for Iraq but it was certainly
• Not for the UN coalition forces. Iraqi suffered anywhere from 20,000-
• 200,000 casualties while UN casualties barley reach 200.

THE GULF WAR

• Fought Aug 2, 1990-Feb 28, 1997
• Between UN coalition forces led by the US
• And Iraqi forces
• The coalition forces were able to defeat the Iraq
• and pull their forces out of Kuwait. Saddam Hussein remained in

CAUSES

• Tension between Iraq and Kuwait began to build due to
• Kuwait's refusal to pay for Iraq's wartime debt and Iraq's desire
• to control Kuwait's oil wealth. Kuwait put too much oil on the market.
• The caused oil prices to go downtime decreasing Iraq's much needed
• Income. As a result of these issues Iraq invaded Kuwait .

THE GULF WAR

• power and Arab states remained divided
• Saddam brutally crushed rebellions against him and continued his
• Reign until 2003 when the Allies invaded Iraq.

FALKLANDS WAR

• -was a limited war due to the fact that
• neither country used all of their resources
• to complete their objective

FALKLANDS WAR

• Fought between Britain and Argentina of the long standing dispute
• over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
• Leaders at this time were Margaret Thatcher of Britain and President Leopoldo
• Galtieri of Argentina. Argentine forces invaded and occupied the Falklands
• Islands. In response, the British Government dispatched a naval task force.

THE FALKLANDS WAR

• Argentina surrendered June 14th, 1982
• Galtieri was removed from power almost immediately after the war.
• There were uprisings and as a result the bans on political parties were
• lifted and democracy was placed. Relations between Britain and Argentina
• were restored in 1985 when they agreed to support each other in oil

CHINESE CIVIL WAR

CHINESE CIVIL WAR

• Fought April12, 1927- Dec 22, 1936
• Between forces loyal to the government of the Republic of China
• Ie the Goumindang and the Chinese Communist Party

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• Jiang Jieshi had overthrown the warlords with
• The aid of the Chinese Communist Party in order
• To unify China. After the warlords were defeated, the parties
• Fell into dissonance and the GMD saw that the only way to
• Uphold their principles was to defeat the CCP.

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• The GMD had cornered and nearly crushed the CCP
• And had forced them into what is known as "The Long March"
• Which had killed ninety percent of those who fled. The survivors reached Shaanxi.
• The Japanese capture Manchuria and the two parties work together again. They later fight over Manchuria.
• They fight for Manchuria during negotiations, CCP wins, Jieshi abdicates, and Mao creates Republic of China.

BY: BREANNA AND HASSAN