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  2. Spain during World War II - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, the Spanish State under Francisco Franco espoused neutrality as its official wartime policy. This neutrality wavered at times, and "strict neutrality" gave way to "non-belligerence" after the Fall of France in June 1940. Franco wrote to Adolf Hitler offering to join the war on 19 June 1940 in exchange for help building ...

  3. Siege of Madrid - Wikipedia

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    Casualties refer to the November 1936 battle only. The Siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican -controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). The city, besieged from October 1936, fell to the Nationalist armies on 28 ...

  4. List of battles in the Spanish Civil War - Wikipedia

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    July 17, 1936 – July 18, 1936 [ 12 ] Francoist rebels in Melilla, a city in Spanish Morocco, overthrew the Republican government and seized control over the colony. [ 13 ][ 14 ] Nationalist Victory. Siege of the Montaña barracks. July 18, 1936 – July 20, 1936 [ 15 ] Rebels attempted to stage a coup in Madrid.

  5. 1936 in the Spanish Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) broke out with a military uprising in Morocco on July 17, triggered by events in Madrid.Within days, Spain was divided in two: a "Republican" or "Loyalist" Spain consisting of the Second Spanish Republic (within which were pockets of revolutionary anarchism and Trotskyism), and a "Nationalist" Spain under the insurgent generals, and, eventually, under the ...

  6. Juan Pujol García - Wikipedia

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    Juan Pujol García MBE (Spanish: [ˈxwam puˈʝol ɣaɾˈθi.a]; 14 February 1912 – 10 October 1988), also known as Joan Pujol i García (Catalan: [ʒuˈam puˈʒɔl i ɣəɾˈsi.ə]), was a Spanish spy who acted as a double agent loyal to Great Britain against Nazi Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain to carry out fictitious spying activities for the Germans.

  7. World War II in the Basque Country - Wikipedia

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    Hitler and Franco during Meeting at Hendaye (23 October 1940) World War II in the Basque Country (a region in northern Spain and southwestern France) refers to the period extending from 1940 to 1945. It affected the French Basque Country (a region in southwest France), but also bordering areas across the Pyrenees on account of the instability ...

  8. Blue Division - Wikipedia

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    The 250th Infantry Division (German: 250. Infanterie-Division), better known as the Blue Division (Spanish: División Azul, German: Blaue Division), was a unit of volunteers from Francoist Spain operating from 1941 to 1943 within the German Army (Heer) on the Eastern Front during World War II. It was officially designated the Spanish Volunteer ...

  9. Monarchy of Spain - Wikipedia

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    The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy (Spanish: Monarquía Española) is the constitutional form of government of Spain. It consists of a hereditary monarch who reigns as the head of state, being the highest office of the country. [1] The current King is Felipe VI since 19 June 2014, after the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos I.

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