Spanish Phalanx

The Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FE de las JONS; or Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive), was a fascist political party founded in Spain in 1934 as merger of the Falange Española and the Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista. FE de las JONS, which became the main Fascist group during the Second Spanish Republic, ceased to exist as such when, during the Civil War (beginning if WWAC), General Francisco Franco merged it with the Traditionalist Communion in April 1937 to form the similarly named Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS (FET y de las JONS).