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Text: Fu Dongsheng
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World War II was a disaster for all mankind, in the days of the outbreak of World War II, almost every famous country on the planet was more or less involved, even Australia, which was indisputable at the time, also sent an expeditionary force to fight devils.
But it is in this environment that there really seems to be a number of countries, as if it was very quiet during World War II, and there is no feeling of being involved in the war at all, which country is so capable?
(A soldier of the Spanish International Column)
First, the reason for not participating in the war is a bit tragic
This country is Spain, but this is not necessarily because Spain has the "ability", but simply facing the Second World War in the international server, Spain was busy with the battle royale match inside their server at that time, which translates into Mandarin to mean that they were busy fighting a civil war.
(Spain at the time)
When it comes to the Spanish Civil War, it is always referred to as a miniature World War II, and the tragedy is quite terrifying. According to statistics, a total of 200,000 people died during the Spanish Civil War, so although Spain did not participate in World War II much, it did not escape the impact of the war.
The Spanish Civil War was fought in 1936, and the Republican National Army in the country had long been in a-for-tat confrontation, with proletarian fighters advocating communism on one side and fascist minions on the other, all of whom were Nazi from beginning to end. The two of them were born to not be able to eat on the same table at all, and they couldn't urinate in a pot, so it was normal to fight.
(Spanish International Column)
What's more, Spain was thriving until World War I. But after the First World War, the whole of Spain did not have a few days of peace, you must know that at the beginning the sun never set on the empire was used to describe Spain, and after the First World War, the whole of Spain was not as good as a day.
In the face of the decline of the country's status and economic decline, the Spanish government at that time was tickled by a Doraemon - helpless, and the people marched on the streets, hoping that the government would support itself through various mouths of fragrant fragrance.
However, the Spanish government at that time, on the one hand, wanted to gain benefits for the workers and peasants, but they were not willing to touch the cake of the capitalist class and religious forces. So at most, it was able to maintain the status quo, and in 1933, because the popularity value was too low, he stepped down.
(Poster in Spain)
Second, Franco is here
Subsequently, a political party called the Spanish Union for Autonomous Rights came to power, which can be called the youth version of the Nazi Party, and naturally did not play a good job, and directly aroused public anger among ethnic groups by propagating national ideas. Some radicals are even ready to take up arms and talk to the government about their interests, and their attitude towards these militants is worthy of the characteristics of the Nazi youth version – one word, kill.
Because this party was so unpopular that even internally, there were many factions, and then the Spanish Falangist Party was formed, a group of fascists who clearly supported the Nazis and directly propagated fascist "Legalist ideas" throughout the country. And because of this intensified behavior, they were also pointed out by Qianfu, and then, a man who can be said to have changed the fate of modern Spain appeared, he was Franco.
(Dictator Franco)
As the commander-in-chief of the Falangists, Francisco Franco, as a good friend of Hitler, asked him to help. During the Spanish Civil War, Hitler sent more than 16,000 German troops and hundreds of tanks into the battle, and the government forces at that time could not stop him.
After the end of the Spanish Civil War, Franco did not make a small mess in it, and after he grasped the advantage of the situation, he quickly revealed his brutal and bloody side, Franco said that it was necessary to completely eradicate the leftist forces in Spain, in a physical sense.
In the following days, Franco really killed people, Buddha blocked and killed Buddha, his army killed 200,000 people in just a few years, and this kind of massacre in the name of cleansing heresy also made him completely nailed to the pillar of shame of mankind.
(A corner of the Spanish Civil War)
But in any case, after the end of the civil war in 1939, Spain was already full of holes, farmland was abandoned, factories were turned into ruins, and the people were displaced, and Franco also knew that he had killed too many people, no matter how strong his relationship with Hitler was, if he declared his support for Hitler now, it was estimated that the people of his country would eat him alive.
And in the early days of World War II, the Franco regime finally did something, that is, to make some war money.
You must know that in times of war, there was really nothing lacking, and Franco, in addition to revitalizing his country, also wanted to export materials abroad, especially food and industrial goods. This is a super good thing for the Germans, who have been strapped for supplies during World War II.
(Spanish Civil War)
Franco knew that for a country that had just experienced a civil war and was now half-crippled, no matter who he offended, he could overturn, so in order to grasp this last straw, Franco has always tried his best to maintain relations with Hitler, but on the other hand, he has been strictly neutral to avoid getting involved in World War II.
This policy directly allowed Franco to survive the days of World War II safely. And, more importantly, his judgment of the international political landscape also managed to avoid the post-World War II reckoning and ruling Spain until his death in 1975.
(Spanish Civil War)
Third, it's still a bit of a human matter
During World War II, Franco also succeeded in feeding the people of his country, which is also a rare highlight moment for him, which is probably reflected in his policy of land reform.
However, because what I did before was too foul and caused me to be notorious, the progress has not been very smooth. However, he still contributed to a large extent to the fact that he fed the people of his country.
With the recovery of productive forces, in the later stages of World War II, the Franco regime also began to stimulate consumption, reduce dependence on imports and other measures, through its neutral status to pull some help, in the latter part of World War II, Hitler wool, successfully let Spain survive the Second World War.
(Spanish people before World War II)
In general, Spain, as one of the few countries in Europe that did not participate in the war, was caused by Franco, the great dictator, but they were able to survive the most terrifying years in peace, and it seems that Franco also made some contributions, although this person is indeed not a thing, but fortunately, his vision is still very long-term, which we still have to affirm.
Resources
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Encyclopedia.Spanish Civil War. [OL].