19 Mar 2024 11:10 pm
There was a Spanish auxiliary of the foreign ss fighting for Germany which was arguably some of its best soldiers, the blue division. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_DivisionCannonpointer » 19 Mar 2024, 10:47 pm » wrote: ↑ Germany provided Franco indispensable assistance in the Civil War. Russia and the States sided with the nascent Republic, which had overthrown the King of Spain 8 years prior (on his death, Franco restored the monarchy - for all the good THAT did). Some hold it against Franco that his only contribution to the German war effort was amicable neutrality. I don't know enough about Franco's circumstances to comment on whether the war-weary country owed more to the Germans than it delivered.
they were volunteers, so technically it was just their individual choice rather than franco...but they really did perform quite well. Clearly they were true believers.
Franco also can be thanked for preventing the mossad from killing Leon degrelle...which must have been very difficult for him to do politically. Thanks to franco, degrelle was able to live a full life and did his part to dispell many of the lies about national socialism.