USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Germany and Italy aided Franco with an abundance of planes, tanks, and arms, while the Soviet Union aided the Republican side. In addition, thousands of communists and other radicals from France, the USSR, America, and elsewhere formed the International Brigades to aid the Republican cause.

Detailed explanation-2: -His new book is called, “Spain In Our Hearts: Americans In The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.” As you point out in the book, Hitler’s support of the fascists in the Spanish Civil War enabled Hitler to test out new bombers and new artillery that he would later use in World War II.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spain was nominally neutral during World War II, though under General Franco’s far-right Nationalist regime it was politically aligned with Nazi Germany. Spain did not actually join the Axis side but it collaborated with the Nazis in many areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Republicans, supported by the Soviet Union, supported the democratically elected government of Spain, while the Nationalists, supported by Nazi Germany, supported the military junta that overthrew it. The Nationalists won.