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The German government feared that this might provoke immediate war with France at the time, but it did not. Still, the fear that war might come before Germany was prepared for it served to create a sense of urgency and reinforced the rearmament program. [31] The army and the navy prepared to quickly expand their capacity and manpower.
In the years following the Spanish Civil War, Hitler gave several possible motives for German involvement. Among these were the distraction it provided from German re-militarisation; the prevention of the spread of communism to Western Europe; the creation of a state friendly to Germany to disrupt Britain and France; and the possibilities for economic expansion. [3]
The remaining 'C' bonds, which Germany did not have to pay, were designed to deceive the Anglo-French public into believing Germany was being heavily fined and punished for the war. Because of shortfalls in reparation payments by Germany, France occupied the Ruhr in 1923 to enforce payments, [ 68 ] causing an international crisis.
Efforts to stem the flow of war materials to Spain were largely unsuccessful, with foreign involvement in the Spanish Civil War proving instrumental to its outcome. Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union consistently broke the Non-Intervention Agreement, and France occasionally did so. Britain remained largely faithful to the agreement. [4]
The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War. London Oxford New York New Delhi Sydney: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4088-5398-6. Wainwright, John L. (2011). The Last to Fall: the Life and Letters of Ivor Hickman – an International Brigader in Spain. Southampton: Hatchet Green Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9568372-1-9.
The editor of The Times, Geoffrey Dawson, later recalled: "No one who sat in this place, as I did during the autumn of '38, with almost daily visitations from eminent Canadians and Australians, could fail to realize that war with Germany at that time would have been misunderstood and resented from end to end of the Empire. Even in this country ...
While the war-weary troops and general population of Germany awaited the end of the war, the Imperial Naval Command in Kiel under Admiral Franz von Hipper and Admiral Reinhard Scheer planned without authorization to dispatch the Imperial Fleet for a last battle against the British Royal Navy in the southern North Sea.
A labour revolt or workers' uprising is a period of civil unrest characterised by strong labour militancy and strike activity. The history of labour revolts often provides the historical basis for many advocates of Marxism , communism , socialism and anarchism , with many instances occurring around the world in both the 19th and 20th centuries.