From: Stephen Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Fri Oct 07 2005 - 09:46:47 PDT
That's the interesting thing about Spain in WWII. It was neither
neutral nor openly Axis. For example, it sent an entire division to
fight in Russia, but yet it refused to take over Gibraltar from the
British despite Hitler's insistence. In fact, the Germans had drafted
plans to invade Spain due to it not being as cooperative as desired
(like providing naval and air bases for German offensive operations).
However, the plans for invasion were impractical and therefore the
Germans just had to live with what they got. Spain could have done a
lot of damage to the Allied war effort if it had wanted to. Of course,
it would have paid a terrible price for it, which is exactly why Franco
kept Spain officially neutral.
Steve
On Oct 7, 2005, at 12:15 PM, Tony Mugno wrote:
> Hate to bust your bubble but Spain was hardly neutral in WWII.
> Officially neutral maybe but realistically very pro NAZI
>
>
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>> On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 milveh@dslextreme.com> writes:
>>>
>>> Just think, if we had not followed up by declaring war there's a good
>> chance
>>> Spain would still own Cuba, then we would have never had a Cuban
>> missile
>>> crisis and Fidel might be running a pedicab in Havana or working Ho's
>> on the
>>> Esplanade!
>>>
>>
>> Neither would we have had a US presence in Guantanamo Bay, nor Camp
>> X-ray.
>> So where would we now sequester Al Qaida detainee's?
>>
>> Which also means that Admiral Dewey would not have defeated the
>> Spanish
>> Fleet at Manila Bay in 1898, leaving the Philippine Islands under
>> control
>> of Spain. Spain, under Generalissimo Franco, was neutral during
>> World
>> War II. Which opens the question: Would the Japanese Imperial Army
>> have
>> invaded territory not only belonging to a neutral country, but to a
>> personal friend of Hitler? And what would General Mac Arthur have
>> returned too?
>>
>> This is something better debated on the Harry Turtledove web site.
>>
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