On the night of 17 July 1936, the Spanish army, inspired most of all by General Franco, started the Spanish Civil War by rebelling against the Second Republic. ... (Spanish). ... It was the military intervention of foreign nations that fuelled the Spanish Civil War, and from one perspective, actually On the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War the leaders of the military uprising immediately asked the German government for help. ... (Spanish). ... The Soviet Union provided considerable help to the Spanish Communist Party to improve its position in the Popular Front government. ...

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However this criticism is not fully conclusive as to stop Hitler would indeed have fundamentally required military action, which neither Britain and France were ready for due to the strong consensus amongst their societies for the avoidance of any military conflict, which had resulted in slow military rearmament. ] The next stage in which Britain's policy of appeasement was increasingly tested was the Spanish civil war. The civil war, which erupted in Spain in July 1936, was perceived by the majority of Europe as a struggle between the aggressive and advancing doctrine of fascism...

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He was influenced by unforeseeable international events, and he logically took advantage of these when they could in any way help Germany in its quest for living space. ... This trait that allowed him to use circumstances to help attain his goals was seen in 1920 with Italy, and would continue after he had formulated his program with such decisions to intervene in Spain and sign non-aggression pacts with hereditary enemies in Poland and Russia.(9) The Italian alliance by itself did not amount to very much, but it at least provided a basis for an outline of foreign policy. ...

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Another reason that helped the Nazis gained power was that after WW1 the Communists violently attempted to overthrow the government. ... Under heavy protest from both England and France Hitler sent volunteers to Spain to aid a right-wing regime gain power there. ...

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