A large air and sealift of Nationalist troops in Spanish Morocco was organised to the southwest of Spain . Coup leader Sanjurjo was killed in a plane crash on 20 July , leaving an effective command split between Mola in the North and Franco in the South . This period also saw the worst actions of the so-called " Red " and " White Terrors " in Spain . On 21 July , the fifth day of the rebellion , the Nationalists captured the central Spanish naval base , located in Ferrol , Galicia
White Terrors
White Terror (Spain)
Spanish Civil War