Tag: Spanish Civil War

Podcast

26th July 1936: Germany and Italy agree to support Franco’s Nationalist rebellion in Spain

26th July 2021
Tagged as: Franco, Germany, Hitler, Italy, Mussolini, Nazi, Spain, Spanish Civil War

On the 26^th July 1936, Adolf Hitler informed General Francisco Franco that Germany would support his Nationalist rebellion in Spain.

Podcast

1st April 1938: Francisco Franco announces the end of the Spanish Civil War

1st April 2020
Tagged as: Catalonia, Franco, Hitler, Madrid, Mussolini, Spain, Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War began in July 1936 after a military coup by Spanish forces in North Africa failed to secure complete control over the country.

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26th February 1935: Hitler formally establishes the Luftwaffe in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

26th February 2020
Tagged as: Aircraft, Germany, Goering, Hitler, Luftwaffe, Nazi, Soviet Union, Spanish Civil War, Treaty of Versailles, USSR

The German Empire established its first air force, the Fliegertruppe, in 1910 which saw extensive action in the First World War.