Why Did Mussolini Contribute To The Civil War

Contributions in air power would prove to be Hitler’s largest contribution to the Nationalist war effort; this was due partially due to Soviet contributions of air support to the Republican government as well as a Hitler’s clandestine desire to prolong the war in order to keep the eyes of the world firmly fixed on the slow-moving war in Spain. The German volunteer units initially dispatched to serve directly under Franco were reorganized into what Goring coined as the Condor Legion. This unit, though primarily composed of air force assets also consisted of two armoured units with four tanks each. By the end of 1936, 7,000 Condor Legionnaires and support elements were in Spain. Under the direction of General Franco, the Condor Legion played a significant role in the city-wide bombings of the Capital in the Battle of Madrid; German officials would use this as an opportunity to study the effects of civilian bombings as well as
He had invested far more of his armed force in the Iberian Peninsula; at its highest point of contributions, between 40,000 and 50,000 Italian troops were in Spain at once, with around 80,000 serving in the entirety of the Civil War. Mussolini’s naval forces would add to his prior contribution of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie (CTV) and Blackshirt Camicie Nerre (CCNN) with his submarines cutting Republican supply lines in the Mediterranean while Italian ships transported supplies through friendly harbours in Spain and Portugal. Both the CTV and CCNN would be organized and deployed following Franco’s failure to seize Madrid in late 1936. In greatly bolstering the Nationalist cause, Mussolini provided the necessary numbers to undergo a wider range of offensives against the largely defensive Republican forces. Along with German air support, the Triumvirate of el Caudillo, il Duce, and der Führer had the capability to end the Civil