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Prior to the outbreak of WWII the German Army was involved in the Spanish Civil War. It was used by the German Army as both a training and testing ground for troops, material, and tactics as well as securing a neutral allay at the southern border of Europe.
Because they needed to test the men and the machines of their newly assembled Air Force, in advance of the world war they were planning.
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∙ 13y agoThey provided weapons, economic support, and even volunteer forces, as well as air power support for Francisco Franco's Fascist armies in order to defeat the Communists in Spain. The Communists were supported in turn by the USA, Britain, and the Soviet Union. The US Abraham Lincoln brigade, for example, was a volunteer brigade of US citizens which fought against Franco's Fascists and contained many Communists.
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∙ 11y agoThere are a few reasons as to why Hitler got involved: firstly Hitler wanted to use this opportunity to eliminate all communists in the world, and thought that helping the right-wing rebels to fight against the Communist was a good start. The second reason was that Hitler needed a place to try out his new weapons that they had just produced, due to their re-armament.
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What war was a dress rehearsal for World War 2?
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.
What effect did the Spanish Civil War have on the buildup to World War 2?
Germany and Italy took part in the Spanish Civil War, testing their soldiers and weapons.
Country whose civil war gave Germany chance to test weapons?
The Spanish Civil war provided opportunities for the equipment and weapons to be tested.
Town that was brutally attacked by Germany during the Spanish Civil War?
Guernica
Spanish Civil War was when?
the spanish civil war occured between 1936- 1939
Which war did Germany become involved in between the years 1933 and 1937?
The Spanish civil war.
Which country did they have a Civil War rehersal for World War 2?
The Spanish Civil war, 1936, involved forces from Germany & Italy on the side of General Franco.
What war was a dress rehearsal for World War 2?
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.
What effect did the Spanish Civil War have on the buildup to World War 2?
Germany and Italy took part in the Spanish Civil War, testing their soldiers and weapons.
Country whose civil war gave Germany chance to test weapons?
The Spanish Civil war provided opportunities for the equipment and weapons to be tested.
In 1936 did Spain and Germany fight a war called the Spanish Civil War?
No. In 1936 Spain and Spain fought a war called the Spanish Civil War. A civil war is fought in a divided country, not between two countries. However, outside countries can support one side or the other in a civil war. Germany and Italy supported the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War, and the USSR supported the Loyalist side.,
In which wars has Germany been involved in?
Germany is a relatively recent nation, yet has been involved in several wars since/leading up to its unification in 1871. Most notably: Franco-Prussian War WW1 WW2 Afghanistan (post 2001) Germany was also involved in several uprisings in Africa pre 1914, including two Samoan Civil Wars between 1887 and 1894. Hitler also sent troops to the Spanish Civil War to help Spanish rebels.
The Spanish Civil War was fought between?
It was a civil war. That means they fought themselves. In this particular case, the Army fought the government.It was an internal Spanish War with Portugal, Germany and Italy supporting Franco and the Soviet Union and the International Brigades supporting the legitimate government of Spain.
To see what their weapons could do Germany bombed this spanish city?
Germany supported Franco during the Spanish Civil War of 1936, and tested their weapons during that war.
Town that was brutally attacked by Germany during the Spanish Civil War?
Guernica
Which country sent aid to Franco during the Spanish civil war?
Italy Germany
How important to the military development of Germany Italy and Russia was the Spanish Civil War?
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