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1:2,000,000 - Europe Series 4464, Great Britain War Office, 1965. This series covers Spain. 1:1,000,000 - International Map of the World. This series covers Catalonia on sheet NK-31 and the Balearic Islands on sheet NJ-31 Clickable map.
A special historic and regional field concerns the German Army Map of Spain 1 : 50 000 - produced between 1940 and 1944 - which must be seen as a part of the German plan to capture Gibraltar and to bring Spain as a German ally into the Second World War. Via intelligence service connections between the German Armed Forces and the respective
29 lip 2021 · Initially, the German military mapping of Spain can be seen as part of an effort to bring the Franco dictatorship into the Second World War as a German ally. One goal was the capture of the important British base at Gibraltar, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is happening in Spain and Portugal in 1960CE. Spain remained neutral during World War 1. In 1923, the General Primo de Rivera carried out a coup d’etat and became dictator. Rivera did much to promote Spain’s economy, but opposition to him grew, and he resigned in 1930.
During World War II, Spain was governed by an autocratic government, [4] but despite Franco's own pro-Axis leanings and debt of gratitude to Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, the government was divided between Germanophiles and Anglophiles.
Summary. The foreign policy of Spain under Franco during the Second World War has been the source of much historiographical controversy. The interpretations have swung between the following alternatives: either it can be defined as a policy of voluntary neutrality between the two belligerent sides, the aim of which was to avoid participation in ...
Spain and the Second World War James W. Cortada One area of the diplomatic history of the second world war that has only recently come under examination is the role played by Spain. Within this field, work is now slowly starting on Spain's relations with the United States.1 During the years I943-4 the
