The Internationales

[druiaghtagh]

What was the background to this please anyone?

[jake-the-peg]

Do you mean the international brigade? Volunteers who went to fight in the Spanish Civil War?

Here's a brief article on that http://www.answers.com/topic/international-brigade

You could also read George Orwells Homage to Catalonia where he describes his experiences and the internal politics in the brigade (that last bit can be tedious and Orwell himself recommends you skip it if you you find it boring)