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  2. Spain during World War II - Wikipedia

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    From the very beginning of World War II, Spain favoured the Axis Powers. Apart from ideology, Spain had a debt to Germany of $212 million for supplies of matériel during the Civil War. Indeed, in June 1940, after the Fall of France , the Spanish Ambassador to Berlin had presented a memorandum in which Franco declared he was "ready under ...

  3. List of wars involving Spain - Wikipedia

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    Gothic War in Spain (456) Battle of Órbigo (456) Part of Germanic Wars and Germanic Invasions of Hispania Location: Iberian Peninsula. Western Roman Empire. Visigothic Kingdom Burgundians. Franks. Suebi: Visigothic victory Sack of Braga; Gothic War (457–458) Battle of Arelate; Part of Gothic Wars and Germanic Invasions of Hispania

  4. List of participants in the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)

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    Wellington Koo refused to sign the treaty and the Chinese delegation was the only nation that did not sign the Treaty of Versailles at the signing ceremony. At the time of the Paris Peace Conference there were two governments claiming to be the legitimate government of China: the Beiyang Government in Beijing, and Dr Sun Yat-sen 's Guangzhou ...

  5. Spain and the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The forerunner of the United Nations was the League of Nations, an organization that was established in 1919, after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, "to promote international cooperation and achieve peace and security", and to which Spain adhered as a founding country included in Annex I of the Treaty of Versailles (1920). [1]

  6. List of World War II battles - Wikipedia

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    The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...

  7. Military history of Spain - Wikipedia

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    The capture of Rheinfelden (1633). The Spanish empire was one of the most powerful in the world and one of largest in history.. The military history of Spain, from the period of the Carthaginian conquests over the Phoenicians to the former Afghan War spans a period of more than 2200 years, and includes the history of battles fought in the territory of modern Spain, as well as her former and ...

  8. Neutral powers during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The neutral powers were countries that remained neutral during World War II.Some of these countries had large colonies abroad or had great economic power. Spain had just been through its civil war, which ended on 1 April 1939 (five months prior to the invasion of Poland)—a war that involved several countries that subsequently participated in World War II.

  9. Category:Spain in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Spain during World War II; Spanish Cross; Spanish occupation of Tangier (1940–1945) T. Tikhvin offensive; U. German submarine U-573; V. Visit of Heinrich Himmler to ...