Azaña. Los que le llamábamos don Manuel

En agosto de 1914, ante el inicio de la Primera Guerra Mundial, el rey Alfonso XIII declaró fuera de la ley a todo aquel que realizara abiertamente proselitismo en favor de alguno de los bandos contendientes. Sin embargo, la medida fue considerablemente ineficaz, puesto que la opinión pública se fracturó en diversas corrientes que llenaron de tensión el espacio público español.

Los soldados integrantes de los tercios defendieron los intereses de la Monarquía Hispánica allí donde fueron enviados. Estas unidades representaron la mayor expresión de la organización militar de la corona española. España mi natura, Italia mi ventura, Flandes mi sepultura, una corta y anónima estrofa de tres versos, se hizo muy popular entre sus soldados a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XVI. La lejana y levantisca región del norte de Europa se convirtió en muchos casos en su tumba, pero continuaron allí, por su rey y porque así se lo pedía su honor. Sobre sus numerosas...

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