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For a few reasons. The main protagonists from both sides of WW2 were active in the Spanish Civil War. Officially, everyone was supposed to remain neutral, but in fact the German and Italian governments actively and blatantly assisted the Nationalist rebels with troops, material and other support. Allied countries such as Great Britain and the United States tried to maintain and enforce the policy of neutrality to a certain extent, and stayed out of direct involvement in the conflict, but thousands of British and American volunteers - as well as volunteers from elsewhere around the world - flocked to the cause of the Spanish Republic, forming the International Brigades. The Soviet Union supplied limited assistance to the government of the Spanish Republic and also inserted a lot of more covert agents of the Comintern into the country, who nominally supported the Republican government but seemed to put more energy into going after anarchist and Trotskyist militants.
In addition to having the opposing forces of WW2 arrayed on opposite sides, the Spanish Civil War served as a "dress rehearsal" for some of the military tactics that were to be deployed on a grand scale in WW2 - perhaps most infamously the German use of dive bombers, which were deployed to brutal effectiveness in Guernica, an assault made famous by Picasso's painting.
On a broader scale and somewhat simplistically, you could say that the Spanish Civil War, like was fought between forces of fascism (the Nationalists, assisted by Germany and Italian, both fascist at the time) and of democracy (the Republic, with assistance from people from around the world). Sadly, in Spain, the fascists won.
This is because it occurred right before World War 2, therefore many Spaniards, who participated in both wars had had a "dress rehearsal". even though Spain was destroyed after the ivil war and the majority did not participate in the world war 2, the German who had helped Franco, the dictator, win the civi war also used it as a practice for their own battle.
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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 was one of the reason why the spanish civil war was called a dress rehearsal for World War 2?
Because the German Air Force practiced dive bombing in Spain during their civil war.
What became a dress rehearsal for World War 2 by demonstrating the destructive power of modern warfare?
The Spanish Civil War
Spanish civil war was a rehearsal for many techniques that were in World War 2?
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.
What country in the civil war was considered a dress rehearsal?
Both the Mexican War and Bloody Kansas have been referred to as the Dress Rehearsal for the Civil War.
What was one reason why the Spanish Civil War was called a dress rehearsal for World War 2?
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.
Why was Spanish civil war called dress rehearsal for world war 2?
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.
How was the Spanish Civil War another step in the march toward World War 2?
how was the spanish civil war a step in the march toward world 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
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.
What war was practice for World War 2?
The Spanish Civil War .
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.,
