 The death toll of the Spanish Civil War is far from clear and remains—especially in part related to war and postwar repression—a very controversial issue.Many general historiographic works—notably in Spain—refrain from advancing any figures; massive historical series, encyclopedias or dictionaries provide no numbers or at best propose vague general descriptions; more detailed general history accounts produced by expert Spanish scholars often remain silent on the issue.Foreign scholars, especially Anglo-Saxon historians, are more eager to offer some general estimates, though some have revised their projections, usually downward, and the figures vary from 1 million to 250,000.