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Tag : Spain

1943-04-30Operation Mincemeat

The RN submarine Seraph deposits a corpse containing misleading documents that helped to convince the German high command that the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia in 1943 instead of Sicily, the actual objective.

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1940-12-08Spain Neutral

Franco rules out Spanish entry into the war; the immediate result is that Hitler is forced to cancel an attack on Gibraltar.

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1940-12-08Gibralter Safe

Hitler is forced to cancel plans for an attack on Gibraltar when Franco declares that Spain will remain a neutral power in the Second World War.

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1940-10-23Hitler meets Franco

Hitler meets Franco hoping to bring Spain into the war on the Axis side. Spain remains pro Axis, but neutral country for the remainder of the war.

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1936-07-171939-04-01Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil war becomes a test case for modern warfare motivated by extreme left/right ideology.

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