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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 ...
On 22 July, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr and an acknowledged expert on Spain, travelled with several other German officers to Madrid, Spain, where they held talks with the Spanish dictator, General Francisco Franco, and Spanish War Minister General Juan Vigón.
Spain continued to be able to obtain valuable German goods, including military equipment, as part of payment for Spanish raw materials, [176] and traded wolfram with Germany until August 1944 when the Germans withdrew from the Spanish frontier. [166] Spanish neutrality during World War II was publicly acknowledged by leading Allied statesmen. [177]
Admiral general (Spain) Ignacio María de Álava; Alfonso Jofré Tenorio; Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquess of Valdueza; García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio; Ramón Auñón y Villalón; Antonio Azarola y Gresillón; Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas
The mission suffered a blow when the British General Officer Commanding (GOC) West Africa Command, General Sir George Giffard refused to support the mission. He declined to release the 17 men required, stating it would compromise some unnamed plans he had in mind, and that the act would be seen as piracy and could lead to repercussions. [ 15 ]
Charles III of Spain (1 C, 70 P) N. Spanish commanders of the Napoleonic Wars (146 P) S. Spanish lieutenant generals (22 P) Pages in category "Spanish generals"
Until after the end of the Civil War, general badges did not wear a crown, which was suppressed by the Second Republic, after which the open crown of the Catholic Monarchs was used. Until 1943 the Captain General wore three stars, the Lieutenant General two and both the Major General and the Brigadier General wore one star, the latter being silver.
Admiral general ranks immediately above admiral and is equivalent to a General of the Army and a General of the Air. There is not equivalent in the Civil Guard or in the Spanish Navy Marines; in both cases the top rank is Lieutenant general. The rank was created in 1999 to adapt Spain's military ranks to better correspond with those of NATO. [1]