It is September of 1936. The sun beats down on the castle of Toledo: the Alcázar. General Moscardo surveys the scorched battlefield below him and spies seven more trucks of Communist troops rolling in from afar. It seems like a death sentence for the 1,760 souls under his care, held up in the old castle defending their land from the communist onslaught. There were 1205 defenders, including soldiers, police and civilians. There were also 555 non combatants: nuns, women and children. They had survived constant enemy bombardment and harassment for almost two months. But what was this? The republican communist General Requelme appeared to have a megaphone and a white flag….