Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea (Dec 2012)
The Blue Division in the context of the interactions between Franco’s Spain and Nazi Germany
Abstract
When the Blue Division started in June 1941, it had passed more than six months since Franco had refused Hitler his participation in the War. The relationships among both countries were in a very low moment, although many extern factors might bring us to think the opposite. This article assumes the frustrated expectations of what the Unity should mean: the Spanish contribution to the German fight. But the contribution was limited to Russia and it had very special objectives, although Hitler reached to see in its military chief the best replacement on the top of the power in Spain. Disagreements, at last, that remains profiled in the next pages, debtors of many Public and Private Archives. They show the fragility of the interactions between the Francoist regime and Nazism.
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