Faction: With the Crusaders Bibliography

Online and print resources for your edification

Faction: With the Crusaders simply would not exist without a tremendous amount of reading on the author’s part to ensure the historical accuracy of this otherwise fictional story. Sadly, had I relied upon English-language material only, I would have been adrift due to the extreme bias and limitations of the dominant English-language chroniclers. Fortunately, as it is The Current Year Plus Whatever, we all have access to high quality Spanish-language material available freely online; these sources unlocked a breadth and depth of insight not found in English language source material. There are also plenty of English language niche military-centric sources as well as English language books about foreign equipment that helped round out the details within the story.

www.amonio.es is a treasure trove of Spanish-language armaments research that you can’t find anywhere else. These anons cracked the code on the origin of the infamous FAI bomb! If you don’t read Spanish, use your preferred free online translation software; if the output doesn’t seem correct, look up individual words or phrases with online dictionaries.

www.requetes.com is a tremendous source of Spanish-language material regarding the Carlist Requetés – history of individual units, personalities, documentation, images, interviews with veterans, and more. ¡Lo demandó el honor y obedecieron; lo requirió el deber y lo acataron!

The following books inspired elements of Faction: With the Crusaders; I highly recommend all of the following to the reader for their education and edification.

Applegate, Rex and Melson, Chuck, The Close Combat Files of Colonel Rex Applegate

Applegate, Rex, Scouting and Patrolling

Aróstegui, Julio, Combatientes Requetés de la Guerra Civil Española

Beevor, Antony, The Battle For Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

Blaney, Gerald Jr., The Civil Guard and the Spanish Second Republic, 1931-1936

Blinkhorn, Martin, Carlism and Crisis in Spain, 1931-1939

Bueno, Jose, Uniformes Militares de la Guerra Civil Española

Burnett, 1^st Lt. C., Night Movements

Candil, Anthony, Tank Combat in Spain: Armored Warfare During the Spanish Civil War 1936–1939

Carroll, Warren H., The Last Crusade: Spain 1936

De Quesada, Alejandro, The Spanish Civil War 1936-39 (1): Nationalist Forces (Osprey Men-at-Arms series)

De Quesada, Alejandro, The Spanish Civil War 1936-39 (2): Republican Forces (Osprey Men-at-Arms series)

Ganser, Daniele, NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe

Grandío Seoane, Emilio F., A Balancing Act: British Intelligence in Spain During the Second World War

Guillamón, Agustín, Barricades in Barcelona: The CNT from the victory of July 1936 to the necessary defeat of May 1937

Heinz, Leonard, Small Arms of the Spanish Civil War

Herrero Pérez, J.V., The Spanish Military and Warfare from 1899 to the Civil War

Henry, Chris, The Ebro 1938: Death Knell Of The Republic (Osprey Military Campaign Series: 60)

Iribarren, José María, Sentido y Origen de la Voz "Requeté"

Jurado, Carlos C., The Condor Legion: German Troops in the Spanish Civil War (Osprey Elite series)

Keene, Judith, Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain During the Spanish Civil War

Kemp, Peter, Mine Were Of Trouble

Lizarza Iribarren, D. Antonio, Memorias de la Conspiración 1931-1936

Logoluso, Alfredo, Fiat CR.32 Aces of the Spanish Civil War

Orwell, George, Homage to Catalonia

Payne, Stanley G, A History of Fascism 1914 – 45

Payne, Stanley, The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933-1936

Payne, Stanley G., The Spanish Civil War

Physick, R, The Olimpiada Popular: Barcelona 1936; Sport and Politics in an age of War, Dictatorship and Revolution

Ruiz, Julius, The Red Terror and the Spanish Civil War: Revolutionary Violence in Madrid

Sánchez Forcada, Manuel, Diario de Campaña de un Requeté Pamplonés

Scurr, John, The Spanish Foreign Legion (Osprey Men-At-Arms Series)

Seidman, Michael, The Victorious Counterrevolution: The Nationalist Effort in the Spanish Civil War

Shores, Christopher and Embleton, Gerry, Spanish Civil War Air Forces

Steadman, Kenneth, A Comparative Look At Air-Ground Support Doctrine and Practice in World War II

Suaseta Ediciones, S.A., La Aviacion en la Guerra Civil Española

Sugarman, Martin, Against Fascism – Jews Who Served in the International Brigade in The Spanish Civil War

Sykes, Eric and Fairbairn, William, Shooting to Live

Thomas, Hugh, Carteles de la Guerra Civil Española

Thomas, Hugh, The Spanish Civil War

Truby, David, Quiet Killers: Silenced Weapons in War and Espionage

Zaloga, Steven and Bryan, Tony, Spanish Civil War Tanks: The Proving Ground for Blitzkrieg