[nfin]

oh thanks! it was about being an active part of an armed rebel group? I see. I should have read better what it ws about.

[pjc50]

Pay attention :)

Orwell was in a roughly similar role to one of the idealistic Westerners going to fight in Ukraine today, except the anti-Fascist side was much more politically fragmented, less well armed, and ultimately lost, leaving Spain as officially Fascist until 1977.