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Mola and Franco took several hours to find out that the war had begun, while the Popular Front Government, headed by Santiago Casares Quiroga, was promptly informed, which allowed it to take measures that prevented the rebels from executing their plans, based on the rapid transfer of professional forces from North Africa to the Peninsula. In this way, the uprising partially failed and led to civil war, as the Government was unable to neutralize it. These were 72 crucial hours, in which both sides made significant successes and mistakes, which this book, 'Así Empieza la Guerra Civil' (ACTAS Publishing House), written by one of the greatest experts on the conflict, the journalist Miguel Platón, details with unpublished sources and testimonies after a laborious and patient investigation.