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By Robert Whiston FRSA. Feb 2010
It is not widely appreciated that the Second World War very nearly began not in 1939 but in 1937.
A commentary on the array of international naval forces deployed for the evacuation and subsequent patrolling of Spanish waters, 1936 – 1939.
Contents:-
1. International Alarm
2. List of Warships
3. Strategic Location
4. Evacution of Foreign Nationals
5. List of Mechantmen
6. Spanish Naval Forces
7. Submarines
8. Photo Gallery
9. How pivotal was Gold ?
10. Sources and References
Footnotes
1. International Alarm
The Spanish Civil War is perhaps both the most controversial yet most forgotten conflict of the 20th century. At its height it tied up the majority of the British Home Fleet and a sizeable proportion of the French Navy.
The reason why the civil war nearly triggered an early start to a World War is two fold; Spain is…
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