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Foreign Intervention (International Brigades (many of the battalions were…
Foreign Intervention
Background
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Propaganda - key role
Nationalists argued that they represented the cause of Christianity, order and Western civilisation against Communism
Republicans argued that they were legally elected government of Spain which was under attack from anti-democratic generals and the fascist dictatorships
Germany
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German aid totalled 16,000 men, 200 tanks and 600 planes
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Germans used Spain as a testing ground for their new planes, tanks and the development of blitzkrieg tactics
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Italy
sent 75,000 men, 150 tanks, 660 aircraft
Beevor - 'the Italian contribution to the Nationalist cause was enormous and more general than the German contribution'
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USSR
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sent 2,500 men, 1,000 planes and 900 tanks
her ideological allies, the Communists, were to play a major role in Republican areas
International Brigades
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to many in Europe the Republicans stood for freedom, democracy and enlightenment against facsism
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volunteers from many different countries: France, Germany, Britain and USA
numbered about 50,000 men in all from 53 countries
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fought with desperate courage, subject to savage discipline
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used by the Communists in internal struggles against their political enemies, the Socialists and Anarchists
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