26th July 1936: Hitler informs General Francisco Franco that Germany will support his Nationalist rebellion in Spain

Published: July 26, 2023, 2:05 a.m.

Both Hitler\xa0and Mussolini\xa0were concerned about the risk of the Spanish\xa0Civil War\xa0escalating into a European-wide conflict, so at first their support for the Nationalists was small-scale and consisted mainly of transporting existing Spanish\xa0troops from Morocco\xa0to the mainland. As the war progressed their involvement ...