Which Hemingway novel is set during the Spanish Civil War?

Hemingway’s novel set during the Spanish Civil War is For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Published in 1940, the novel follows Robert Jordan, an American explosives expert and volunteer fighting with Republican guerrillas. He is ordered to destroy a bridge behind enemy lines during an offensive, a mission that unfolds over four days in the mountains between Madrid and Segovia.

Hemingway drew on his experience covering the Spanish Civil War as a journalist for the North American Newspaper Alliance. The conflict, fought from 1936 to 1939, pitted the Spanish Republic against Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces, who received support from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

The novel combines military suspense with questions about love, sacrifice, political commitment, and individual responsibility. Its title comes from a passage by the English poet John Donne, emphasizing that human beings are interconnected. A Farewell to Arms concerns World War I, which is the most common historical mix-up.