The Spanish mission of Samuel Hoare (1940–1944)

Abstract

Based onthematerials ofthememoirs ofthe participants ofthe events andthe business correspondence ofthe embassy withthe British government, the activities of the British ambassador to Spain, Samuel Hoare, who held the post from 1940 to 1944, are considered. It is shown that the effectiveness of his actions grew not only in simultaneously with the success of the allies in the war, but also due to the strengthening of economic cooperation between the two countries. The author comes to the conclusion that the success of most of the major diplomatic treaties between England and Spain during this period depended precisely on the supply of the necessary resources.

Keywords

• world war ii
• great britain
• spain
• germany
• british diplomacy
• international relations
• geopolitics
• military conflicts of the xx century