Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II

Abstract

I: From Civil War to World War -- The Spanish Civil War -- Hitler's strategy in the Civil War -- Military and international significance of the Civil War -- A tilted neutrality -- II: "Nonbelligerence" -- Franco's temptation -- The meeting at Hendaye and its aftermath -- The Zenith of collaboration -- Temptation continues -- The Blue division -- Temptation abates -- Temptation ends -- III: The struggle to escape the "axis stigma" -- Spanish diplomacy and the Holocaust (I) -- Spanish diplomacy and the Holocaust (II) -- Neutrality by compulsion -- The end of the relationship