Example sentences for: columna

How can you use “columna” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Those within a population who sympathize with an enemy's aims, and may render assistance when the time is ripe, constitute a fifth column , a term that goes back to the Spanish Civil War and the remark of a rebel general, Emilio Mola, to the effect that his four columns of troops would be supplemented by a civilian quinta columna , a fifth column of sympathizers, in their attack on Loyalist-held Madrid in 1936.


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