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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816034403321

Autore

Bowen Wayne H. <1968->

Titolo

Spaniards and Nazi Germany : collaboration in the new order / / Wayne H. Bowen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

0-8262-6282-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 250 pages)

Disciplina

327.46043

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945

Fascism

Germany Foreign relations Spain

Spain Foreign relations Germany

Germany Foreign relations 1933-1945

Spain Foreign relations 1939-1975

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction From second republic to Civil War, 1933-1939 From peace to war, April 1939-April 1940 The Axis temptation, May 1940-May 1941 Enlisting in the new order, June 1941-January 1943 Spanish disengagement from the new order, February 1943-July 1944 The last defenders of the new order, August 1944-May 1945 Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

Using recently declassified documents from Spain and the United States, personal interviews, and unpublished and published Spanish, German, British, and U.S. records, Spaniards and Nazi Germany makes a significant contribution to the understanding of Hispano-German relations during the 1930s and 1940s. This study shows that Naziphiles within the Spanish Falange, Spain's Fascist party, made a concerted effort to bring Spain into World War II, and that only the indecisiveness of dictator Francisco Franco and diplomatic mistakes by the Nazis prevented them from succeeding.