Thanks, Francisco...
Just about any tale or movie or TV series set in the 30s has some friend, relative, or the hero himself, go to Spain and join the glorious Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
I have seen it so many times that it must be a necessary act for old communist writers.
Oh, I forgot about Arlo Guthrie and his “machine that kills Fascists”.
My Father was with some of the early troops sent into Berlin after the Russians captured it. He said the first couple of weeks the Russians would always greet them with “Death to Fascists”.
The American troops were for the most part not very political and he said they would sort of stare blankly at the Russians. He said they eventually quit saying it.