Revolution of 1934

Revolution of 1934
Civil Guard forces with prisoners in Brañosera
Date 5–19 October 1934 Location Spain (mostly Asturias and Catalonia) Result Spanish government victory Rebellions in Asturias and Catalonia defeated
Belligerents
Spanish Republic Spanish Army Regulares Legión Española Civil Guard Guardia de Asalto Spanish Navy	Asturian Workers Alliance PSOE UGT CNT Militias Catalan State Mossos d'Esquadra Escamots
Commanders and leaders
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora Alejandro Lerroux Diego Hidalgo y Durán Francisco Franco Manuel Goded Eduardo López Ochoa Agustín Muñoz Grandes Juan Yagüe Domingo Batet Lisardo Doval Bravo Cecilio Bedia [es]	Belarmino Tomás  Ramón González Peña Teodomiro Menéndez (POW) Ramón Álvarez Palomo Lluís Companys  Frederic Escofet [ca]  Enric Pérez i Farràs
Casualties and losses
450 dead[1]	1,500–2,000 dead 15,000–30,000 arrested

The Revolution of 1934 (Spanish: Revolución de 1934), also known as the Revolution of October 1934 or the Revolutionary General Strike of 1934, was an uprising during the "black biennium" of the Second Spanish Republic between 5 and 19 October 1934.

The Revolution of 1934 was triggered by anxiety of the Spanish political left after the 1933 general election and entry of the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right (CEDA) into the Spanish government in September 1934. Most of the events occurred in Catalonia and Asturias, and were supported by many Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and General Union of Workers (UGT) members, notably Largo Caballero, as well as members of the National Confederation of Workers (CNT). The uprisings were repressed by Spanish government forces and defeated within two weeks.

Around 2,000 people were killed during the Revolution of 1934 in the initial uprisings and their suppression. Historians have argued that the incident sharpened antagonism between the political right and left in Spain, and was part of the reason for the later Spanish Civil War.^[2]