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fifth column

1. (originally) a group of Falangist sympathizers in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War who were prepared to join the four columns of insurgents marching on the city

2. any group of hostile or subversive infiltrators

Fifth Column

a term used to designate a group of General Franco’s agents who operated in the Spanish Republic during the National Revolutionary War of 1936–39.

The term “fifth column” originated in early October 1936, when the Francoist general E. Mola declared on the radio that the rebels were conducting an offensive on Madrid using four columns, while the fifth would strike from the rear at the decisive moment. The fifth column spread panic and engaged in sabotage, espionage, and diversionary activity. During World War II the term was used to designate groups of Nazi agents in various countries who aided the fascist troops in the capture of these countries.

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Fifth columnists could claim they were merely passive resisters, as did one real fifth columnist, Jose Maria Carretero, a popular writer known as El Cnballero Audaz (The Bold Cavalier).

Hemingway's the fifth column, fifth columnism, and the Spanish Civil ... by Valis, Noel / The Hemingway Review

In the late spring of 1940 the vicar of Holy Trinity church was arrested in the farming village of Teigh, Rutland, as fear swept the country about pro-Nazi fifth columnists, particularly members of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists.

Gossip that put vicar in prison is revealed by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

What racing needs is a strategy to counter the whip loonies, a method too of dealing with the Quislings and Fifth Columnists in the racing media who claim to favour a ban because they think it's good for their public image.

Make no apologies to ignorant majority over whip ban issue by The Racing Post (London, England)

Fiesta of San Roque

Fiesta of Santa Ines

Fiesta of Santa Isobel

Fiesta of Santa Rita

Fiesta of the Black St. Benito