Talk:Siege of the Alcázar

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An entry from Siege of the Alcázar appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 15 April 2006.

[edit] Moscardó's son

The event with Moscardó's son has an exhibit dedicated to it at the Alcazar in Toledo (or at least it did in 2001). They had a recording of the conversation you could listen to, which I presume was a reenactment, but I'm not sure. I didn't have enough context on the hostory of the Spanish civil war to know what was going on, but it was interesting. A visit to the Alcazar to get more info and even pictures to add to the article would be a great idea, all my pictures were lost a while back. I'm sure we have some Spanish Wikipedian's that live close enough. And great article by the way. - Taxman ^Talk 15:22, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

The author in the book of the Siege of Alcazar stated "I have not taken the only means of confirming or disproving it" and that it was the version floating around in 1937. So it may be entirely a fabrication of Nationalist propaganda in the book, it would be great if those in Spain could provide the version at the Toledo Alcazar. The book also gave 39 illustrations/pictures of the Alcazar, the attackers and defenders and they really give a sense of the situation. So if somebody could provide pictures, it would really add to the article. - Gamecock 17:29, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Hugh Thomas concluded that the Nationalist account was basically correct on the grounds that:

1. The phone lines had not yet been physically cut by July 22, as Republican accounts later claimed.
2. The story of Moscardo's son was published immediately after the relief of Toledo (appearing in the New York Times on September 30), and was not invented months later by the Nationalist propaganda machine as Republican accounts later claimed.
3. Eyewitnesses from both sides confirmed the basic details of the phone conversation. Albrecht 17:41, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cadets in the Alcazar

It should be noticed that it couldn't be many cadets (and surely not 318) in the Alcázar, since the war started on Summer Holidays, when most cadets were on vacation.--85.48.71.176 02:00, 28 May 2006 (UTC)