Falange Española de las JONS Falange lost supporters in the run-up to the Spanish Civil War, leaving a core of young, dedicated activists, many in the organization's student organization, the . Following the elections the left-wing Popular Front government persecuted the Falange and imprisoned José Antonio Primo de Rivera on 6 July 1936. In turn, the Falange joined the conspiracy to overthrow the Second Spanish Republic, supporting the military revolt ultimately led by Francisco Franco and continuing to do so throughout the ensuing Spanish Civil War. With the eruption of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, the Falange fought on the Nationalist Faction against
José Antonio Primo de Rivera magazines such as "La Nación", "Blanco y Negro", "ABC", or in the Falangist press, "F.E." or "Arriba" among others, Primo de Rivera expressed a fondness for poetry to poet and novelist Jose-Maria Peman in a letter he wrote late in the spring of 1931. How I wish that one could live in a liveable country where there were a greater number of good poets and a very much greater amount of good manners! He wrote the occasional poem and left behind eight extant rhymes composed before the start of his parliamentary career in 1933. "The Prophecy of Magellan" is an