Notes
- a republic is formed after king abdicates in 1931:
- government formed left wing, communists, socialists and anarchists (republican)
- right wing opposition to government supported by: church,
- essentially pits fascism against democracy and communism
- Italy and Germany support nationalists with troops and equipment
- Germans try out new tactics
- Britain, France declare to be non-interventionist
- USSR even supported a republican government
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Hitler along with his partner, were able to use the Spanish Civil War as a test for new tactics that would ruin the world.
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"Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence." -George Orwell (Spanish Civil War)
Subjunctive Question
In the future war activity, would hitler and army have been such a success if they did not gain expereince and knowledge from the Spanish Civil War?