... Allies' weakness. Galleazo Ciano, foreign minister to Italy, and Mussolini's son-in-law, argued that Italy should hesitate until the end of the Spanish Civil War; there was no need to start another war now. The perfect time to conquer England would be in the tropical heat of North Africa ... , where Italian forces were being built up diligently. Mussolini, however, felt differently about Italy's role in the Spanish Civil War. Though it was extremely unpopular in Italy, he felt by supporting General Francisco Franco with his troops, he was toughening and preparing ... Mussolini ignored ...

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... . Some countries had already left the League, Japan for example, after the Manchuria incident. In 1936 Hitler became involved in the Spanish civil war helping the fascists in their attempt to gain power by defeating the republicans. Hitler used the Spanish civil war as a testing ground for his idea of blitzkrieg (lightning attack). He also tested his very strong airforce the Luftwaffe ... . The allies saw this as an act of aggression and realised that their policy of appeasement was not working. They pledged to stop Hitler's next advance. This though did not help Czechoslovakia, which rem...

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... allowed Hitler to arm. And certainly Hitler has not missed such case and began to arm very seriously. Hitler used his newfound arms to support Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Hitler used the Spanish civil war as a testing ground for his idea of blitzkrieg. He also tested his very strong air force using them to bomb the republican city of Guernica ... . The allies saw this as an act of aggression and realized that their policy of appeasement was not working. They decided to stop Hitler's next advance. This though did not help Czechoslovakia, which remained under German control. By the su...

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... also began to sufficiently gaining popularity throughout Germany and increased their nation's power. This situation began to worry all the neighboring countries and began fearing Germany. In 1936-38 the Spanish Civil War had taken place, this was between the Liberals versus Nationalists. However Germany had stepped in and aided the Liberals and helped their way to achieve victory. Even though ... the Nationalists had some help from the English they still lost. This helped the Germans practice their tactics and mobilizations techniques increasing their chances of success against other na...

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