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If you like my videos and want to support me, then you can do that here: https://www.patreon.com/c/SirManateee Thank you :) Tips: https://ko-fi.com/sirmanatee Why did Nazi Germany support Franco during the Spanish Civil War? In thus video, we explore Hitler’s intervention in Spain, the role of the Condor Legion, and how the conflict became a testing ground for German military tactics before World War II. From ideology and anti-communism to strategic alliances and military experimentation, discover why the Spanish Civil War mattered far beyond Spain itself. Literature: - Beevor, Antony: The Spanish Civil War, New York 2001. - Bernecker, Walther L.: Geschichte Spaniens im 20. Jahrhunder, München 2010. - Bernecker, Walther L.: Spanische Geschichte. Vom 15. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, 7 th edition, München 2020. - Collado Seidel, Carlos: Der Spanische Bürgerkrieg. Geschichte eines europäischen Konflikts, München 2006. - Frank, Willard C. Jr.: The Spanish Civil War and the Coming of the Second World War, in: The International History Review 9 (1987), Nr. 3, pp. 368-409. - Hobsbawn, Eric: The Age of Extremes. The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991, London 1994. - Longerich, Peter: Hitler. Biographie, München 2015. - Maier, Klaus: Die Zerstörung Gernikas am 26. April 1937, in: Militärgeschichte 1 (2007), pp. 18-22. - Moradiellos, Enrique: The Origins of British Non-Intervention in the Spanish Civil War- Anglo-Spanish Relations in Early 1936, in: European History Quarterly 21 (1991), pp. 339-364. - Payne, Stanley G.: Franco and Hitler. Spain, Germany and World War II, New Haven & London 2008. - Stone, Glyn: The European Great Powers and the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939, in: Boyce, Robert & Robertson Esmonde M. (Ed.): Paths to War. New Essays on the Origins of the Second World War, New York 1989, pp. 199-232. - Thomas, Hugh: The Spanish Civil War, 4th edition, London 2003. - Woller, Hans: Mussolini. Der erste Faschist. Eine Biographie, 2nd edition, München 2016. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:07 Origins of the Civil War 10:22 The Second Spanish Republic 16:56 A Failed Coup Attempt 19:12 Germany Intervenes 26:08 Atrocities and the Rise of Franco 32:17 Reaction of the Other European Countries 39:35 The Bombing of Guernica 44:03 Why the Republic Lost 49:12 Spain as a Tool in Hitler's Foreign Policy 52:52 Spain in WW2 55:27 Outro