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International effects of the Spanish Civil War - Coggle Diagram
International effects of the Spanish Civil War
The USSR and International Commumism
Defeat in Spain undermined its credibility internationally
Stalin's contribution to the republican caused fostered division within the left wing
Former supporters disillusioned
Lost sympathy in the west
Britain and France's non-intervention caused Stalin to not trust the, leading to the Nazi-Soviet pact later on
A new course culminated into the Nazi-Soviet pact, unleashing WWII in europe
Strengthened by the Munich Agreement when Britain sacrificed Czechoslovakia
nazi germany and fascist italy
gained military lessons from war
air power very effecting in covering grounds troops in blitzkrieg
tested new technology --> bullet resident fuel tanks, radio contact
bombing of civilians to create terror seemed effective
brought nazi gemrnay and italy closer
rome Berlin axis signed October 1936
pact of steel between italy and germany signed in may 1939
hitlers positioned strengthened in Europe --> distraction from its expansion into austria
italy it was very expensive and weakened them economically --> had to remain neutral when ww2 began in 1939
US
remained neutral
public opinion horrified by the things going on on both sides
Britain and France
The civil war strengthened appeasement
Bombing raids were seen as horrors
Foreign intervention forces fostered support for appeasement , as it seemend that the war would come to a standstill
T
he spread of communism grew as a threat
Hitler lost respect for the UK because of their weakness during the war
Britain's non-intervention encouraged Hitler to take more aggressive actions
united nations
called for economic sanctions against franco in 1946
spain eluded from US economic recovery package for post ww2
west wanted to wait fro crisis to overthrow franco
spain becoame and ally for the US and allowed to join UN
Cold War led west to change perspective of Franco's spain > franco was strong anti communism and in for the US they could be allies
1951 president Eisenhower agreed to use first US grant , return the US allowed to use air bases in spain