Yes, it has certainly been viewed in that way. The lessons of World War 1 were learned more quickly by some nations than others. Mobility was replacing the static defense. The airplane and the tank were improving in both their technology and tactical employment. Military techniques practiced on a primitive level in the Spanish Civil War were used more widely and effectively in World War 2. I have heard from multiple sources that the Spanish Civil War was a rehearsal for World War 2, and I think that this statement has much validity.
The Spanish Civil War ended in April of 1939.
The Spanish Civil War ended in Spain.
The last Spanish Civil War ended on April 1, 1939.
Britain did not support either side in the Spanish Civil War.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco led the fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War.
The Spanish Civil War was a rehearsal for Germany to test out some of its weapons and leaders. The Germans sent the Condor Legion to fight in Spain.
The Spanish Civil War
Because the German Air Force practiced dive bombing in Spain during their civil war.
Blitzkrieg - the German army had developed a new type of warfare. It used tanks and dive bombers to smash enemy positions and drive through them quickly. These tactics had been tried out in the Spanish Civil War.
Both the Mexican War and Bloody Kansas have been referred to as the Dress Rehearsal for the Civil War.
Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. It put Francisco Franco in power there.
how was the spanish civil war a step in the march toward world war
The Spanish Civil War .
Germany and Italy took part in the Spanish Civil War, testing their soldiers and weapons.
I can think of two reasons. 1) Communism and Democracy allied to fight against Fascism and Naziism as they would later do in World War 2. And 2), tanks and military aircraft along with the tactics of mobile warfare were tested in Spain before WW2.
Ernest Hemingway covered the Spanish Civil War and World War II as a correspondent. He reported on these conflicts for various publications, drawing on his experiences to inform his later fiction writing.
It wasn't, it was a precursor to World War 2.