How Did Hitler's Involvement In The Spanish Civil War?

In the summer of 1919, World War 1 had officially ended through the Treaty of Versailles, though that was not the only thing that would end at the time. Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to pay billions in reparations, make vast reductions in the army and other crippling punishments. The terms of the treaty had completely destroyed Germany through the economy. Jobs were lost, the currency had gone through major inflation, their land had been withdrawn from Germany and on top of it all, they had a minuscule army to defend themselves with. This is why Germany hated the Treaty of Versailles, at this point in Germany many were desperate to evade the grips of the treaty and get out of the Great Depression. Between the 1920s and
But, how could this be done? Well, Germans would need more land to gain more resources and Hitler would do exactly that. As told by Tom Goldstein, Hitler’s involvement in the Spanish Civil War had been a part of his covert plan for eastern expansion. This shows that Hitler would put in time and effort to help out the country, and it would work out for both Hitler and one of his home countries, Germany. Germany would later on gain the raw materials needed for eastern expansion. But that was not the only thing that Hitler would do for German expansion. Through terms of appeasement with Britain, Hitler would be allowed to annex the Sudetenland. This piece of Czechoslovakia was very important to Germany because by reclaiming it they would have more land to re militarize, reversing one of the effects of the Treaty of Versailles. It was a key piece of land because it held many weapons which would be useful for Hitler’s plans of world domination. But wait, there’s more! Hitler had also annexed Austria his other home country, this was known as the Anschluss. With the Anschluss, Hitler was able to unify both of his home countries, while keeping everyone content, including Austria. By annexing Austria, Hitler would be able to re militarize and have a larger army. With all that Hitler had done came great support and even that Hitler had to work
But, all his followers did not magically come to his side. Hitler had gone to many beer halls, adjusted his attitude and plans, and spoke the right words to the right people. When Hitler had been attending the beer halls he was gathering followers through his vocal propaganda. According to John D. Clare, Hitler’s attempt of taking power over Munich at the Beer Hall Putsch was a failure.( Clare, 2002) Although Hitler was unsuccessful, he did try and kept attending beer halls to get more people to support him. Actually, Hitler did many other things to gain supporters. As told by the United States Holocaust Museum, “He promised the disenchanted a better life and a new and glorious Germany. The Nazis appealed especially to the unemployed, young people, and members of the lower middle class (small store owners, office employees, craftsmen, and farmers).”(United States Holocaust Museum, One could clearly see that someone who has a very urgent need to bypass such dire would be willing to listen to anyone who offers a solution. Obviously, the people of Germany took their chance to escape the shambles that was their country. In fact, rich businessmen had done the same as the “unfortunate” had done. The businessmen feared the idea of communism, for it wouldn’t allow them to be “rich”, instead bringing equality to everyone. In reality, communism would just make everyone poor. Since Hitler hated communism