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Effects of forcing intervention on the Spanish civil war - Coggle Diagram
Effects of forcing intervention on the Spanish civil war
Britain
Britain's fear was that the war would
the war would spread and become a general European conflict.
-Three of the leading members of the CNI completely ignored this and became the main foreign forces in Spain.
The British policy of non-intervention was limited and tended to favor the nationalists. Thus reaching a trade agreement in December 1936.
Britain wanted to avoid a general war at all costs and did not want the civil war to damage relations with Italy or Portugal
Usa
-The United States generally supported the Non-Intervention Committee and followed its isolationist policy.
. The United States continued to supply the Nationalists with key war products, such as oil and automobiles
prohibited the sale of arms to belligerents at war.
Portugal :
Portugal was an important part of the forcign contribution to Franco's victory
it was the only foreign force not compromised at any time by membership of the NIC.
Not only did Portugal send 20,000 troops, but it was fundamental to supplying the
Portugal's long-term alliance with Britain led to the British being reluctant to counter its support for the Nationalists.
Italy
perpetrated the now-infamous bombing of Guernica, and they played a pivotal role
Supporting the nationalists in taking Catalonia.
German involvement was important to the outcome of the war
France
France was also dependent on Britain, the Republic, France, under pressure from Britain, raised the founding of the and allowing sometimes military support across the border.
The Republic's reliance on the Soviets polarized organized politics in France. In addition, France was the main focus of
Germany
Hitler's Germany was cautious when the rebels asked for help. Hermann Goering was fundamental in the Both he and Hitler wanted to stop the spread of Communism, but Goering also wanted to test his Luftwaffe
Germany the potential to impede Anglo-French naval communications. Despite being a member of the NIC, Germany supplied the nationalists via Portugal.
German cooperation was fundamental to the outcome of the war, not only because played a crucial military role at critical moments during the fighting, but also like others
USSR
The Spanish conflict in fact presented Stalin with a dilemma.
Republican victory could panic Britain and France into an alliance with Hitler against the threat of Communism.
Stalin’s policy of bringing Britain and France into an alliance with the USSR to contain Hitler.
Stalin reduced Soviet support from June 1938. Not only did the Republic seem to be losing, but it now seemed that the Western democracies were set on appeasing the Fascist dictators.