A scene in Del Toro's Devil's Backbone shows a group of 6 Canadians and a Chinese guy fighting with the Republicans. Why were 6 Canadians and a Chinese guy involved with the Spanish Civil War? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

A scene in Del Toro's Devil's Backbone shows a group of 6 Canadians and a Chinese guy fighting with the Republicans. Why were 6 Canadians and a Chinese guy involved with the Spanish Civil War?

by HeyItsMau

Georgy_K_Zhukov

they were likely members of the International Brigades, which I discuss in more depth here in this old AMA.