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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.

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What foreign countries were involved in the spanish civil war on the side of Franco?

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.


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Spanish Civil War was when?

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What war was a dress rehearsal for World War 2?

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Which countries were involved in the civil war?

Yes


What foreign countries were involved in the spanish civil war on the side of Franco?

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.


What took place in the countries of China and Korea?

They had civil wars supported by foreign countries.


Why were countries neutral during World War ll?

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Death to the foreign devils was a slogan of rebels involved in?

The civil war between China and other countries in asia. China was against outside contact and didnt like foreigners in their country.


What is occurred in some countries after gaining independence?

Some countries have had a civil war shortly after gaining independence from a foreign power.


What took place in the countries of China and Korea at the end of world war 2?

They had civil wars supported by foreign countries.


Who was in the spanish's civil war?

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.


What is the difference between a foreign and a Civil War?

A foreign war is fought between at least two separate countries. A civil war is fought between factions inside one nation.


The Spanish Civil war is a war between what countries?

it was between both radical government parties in spain, not between countries, hence the name civil war


What came after the 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


Which countries were involved in the Bosnian civil war?

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