Spanish Civil War
- Third country that attempts Fascism. But their attempts were met with hostility.
- After the king abdicated, there was a competition between an extreme Right wing government (Nationalists, supported by Nazis and Italians) and an extreme left wing government (Republicans, supported by Russia and the Western World) that ignited a civil war.
- Nationalists win with the support of Germany.
- The Nazis saw this as an opportunity to test their weapons and tactics.
Subjunctive Question: Would the general course of World War II have been affect if Germany had not been given the opportunity to test their weapons?
"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 (on the Spanish Civil War) |