Spain civil war was just the start of the big ugly War II

The German Army took the Opportunity to try their new weapons and tactics on both Spanish civilians and communist. What fallow was even much uglier. The Experience kept Spain Neutral when WWII broke out. = The war increased tensions in the lead up to the Second World War and became in some cases a world war by proxy, with Germany in particular using the war as a rehearsal for many of the blitzkrieg tactics it later used in the war in Europe. The advent of the mass media allowed an unprecedented level of attention (Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell and Robert Capa all covered it) and so the war became notable for the passion and political division it inspired, and for atrocities committed on both sides of the conflict.

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The Civil War devastated Spain from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939, ending with the victory of the rebels and the founding of a dictatorship led by the Nationalist General Francisco Franco

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Rare black and white of this bloody civil war . THERES IS NO SOUND so don't bother to adjust volume!.  English subtitles,

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Spain officially was neutral, but the fascists of franco (specially the falange) wanted to enter the war, Franco sent a division against the russians, and the Republicans (exiled militians) joined in the french army, some others in the french resistance and anothers also with fought alongside the partisans from the URSS and another occupied countries. The Spaniards were involved during the WWII in both sides.