Reply #69: Go read "An Homage To Catalonia"-- his book about the Spanish Civil War

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Orwell spent time in an international battallion fighting against the Fascists. "Homage" is an autobiographical book about his experiences fighting in a predominantly non-Leninist Socialist unit in Catalonia.

The anti-Fascists in Spain were hardly a unified bloc, with Communists, Socialists, Anarchists and Republican Liberals all fighting against fascism. There was a lot of infighting and betrayal amongst the Republican factions, which is why they lost to the fascists in the end.

IMHO it's a good clue as to what inspired Orwell's later writings.