Nationalist side: Italy under Mussolini and Germany under Hitler supplied arms and regular personnel. Also, Spanish Foreign Legion troops were flown in from Spanish Morocco to complete Franco's victory. Loyalist (Republican) side: USSR under Stalin supplied arms and recruited mercenaries with pro-communist or anti-fascist sentiments, including the Washington and Lincoln Battalions from the US.
Germany and Italy wanted Fascism to spread and since Francisco Franco was leader of the Falangists (Spanish Fascists) and was trying to spread it.So they basically supplied the Spanish Falangists with weapons and such. After Franco became dictator of Spain, he didn't let Spain join WWII and remained neutral.
The Lebanese Civil War, which lasted from 1975 to 1990, involved multiple factions and foreign countries. Key participants included Lebanon's various religious and political groups, such as the Maronite Christians, Sunni Muslims, and Shia Muslims. Additionally, Syria intervened militarily in 1976, while Israel became involved in 1982 with its invasion. Other countries, including the United States, France, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), also played significant roles in the conflict at different stages.
the spanish civil war occured between 1936- 1939
While no foreign nations officially fought in the U.S. Civil War, there were instances of foreign involvement. The Confederacy sought support from European nations, particularly Britain and France, but they ultimately remained neutral. Some individuals from other countries, including Canada and Britain, volunteered to fight for both the Union and the Confederacy, but these were not organized military interventions by their governments.
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.
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Germany and Italy wanted Fascism to spread and since Francisco Franco was leader of the Falangists (Spanish Fascists) and was trying to spread it.So they basically supplied the Spanish Falangists with weapons and such. After Franco became dictator of Spain, he didn't let Spain join WWII and remained neutral.
They had civil wars supported by foreign countries.
this is because some countries were either too busy going through their own problems (EG. civil wars), had sworn to not get involved in foreign affairs unless attacked first, or did not agree with either of the groups involved in the war
The civil war between China and other countries in asia. China was against outside contact and didnt like foreigners in their country.
Some countries have had a civil war shortly after gaining independence from a foreign power.
They had civil wars supported by foreign countries.
The Republicans, or Loyalists were communists supported by the USSR. Volunteers from other countries also fought for the Republicans, including a brigade from the US. The Nationalists were fascists supported by Italy and Germany. The Spanish Foreign Legion also cast its lot with Franco and the Nationalists, and as the name implies they were volunteers from different countries.
A foreign war is fought between at least two separate countries. A civil war is fought between factions inside one nation.
it was between both radical government parties in spain, not between countries, hence the name civil war
The so-called Indian Wars followed the Civil War. The next war against a foreign power was the Spanish-American War in 1898.after the civil war the war was called Spanish-American war
Beside Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia & Montenegro were involved too, which inputs that this was not a Civil war. Actually it was aggression of other two countries on one independent country accepted by UN and EU.