The Spanish Navy in WW2
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The case of the Spanish Navy during the interwar is one of a fleet from a major player torn apart by a civil war. The only closest example could be the American Secession war, at a very large scale, or more recently, the French case in WW2 where the fleet was split between the Free French and Vichy loyalists. But the case of the Armada is unique, in which modern cruisers, destroyers, gunboats, submarines and aviation were involved in a modern in-fighting between the Republicans and Nationalists.
This story is about the state of the Spanish Armada after WW1 (where the country remained neutral), new construction programs and modernizations, and of course the divide between the two sides from 1936, ships captured, battles, and losses until 1939. This will be concluded by the Armada under Franco during WW2 and naval programs of that era.
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I noticed a error in the video(time3:55), the war ended 1939 not 1945,otherwise a very informative and educational video
Gibraltar is an isthmus, not an island.
The Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, not 1945. WWII ended in 1945.
Someone needs to proofread the script before recording.
And no air carriers. Too much flagrant errors.
I didn't see any mention of the Spanish navy being asked by Berlin to send vessels into the Eastern Atlantic to search for survivors from the Bismarck. This they did sending the cruiser Canaris but without success
Wow, that makes sense, but it's the first I'd heard of it.
The distance was just too long and the weather too bad, 'Canarias' only managed to recover two corpses, both on the morning of May 30th (Musikgefreiter Walter Grasczack and Marinesignalgast Heinrich Neuschwand).
This overlooks the importance of the Portuguese neutrality during WW2. If Spain had declared war, then Portugal would have joined with their old allies Great Britain.
Salazar had decided that Portugal would stay neutral, and this would help the British by keeping Spain out of the war. He reasoned that this was more help than his country could provide. Spain could not afford an enemy neighbour.
ep! Gibraltar is not an island but a peninsula. And the Blue Division was made up out of volunteers. You have not touched the Wolframium issue either, an interesting one. And please remember Franco was not a fascist, but a National Catholic. Or more specifically, simply a "Francoist".
6:38 Gibraltar is a small peninsula not an Island
The Spanish Armada was never 'finally beaten' by Queen Elizabeth I in 1588, witness the humiliating defeat of the 'English Armada' that attempted to invade the Iberian Peninsula in 1589.
Furthermore, Spain had no 'aircraft carriers' in the inter-war period. Etc
You are almost completely right. Only one correction: they had a seaplane carrier called "Daedalus". After WW2 they had another one with the same name.
@@blackjack5324 the Dédalo you are referring to was a post-WW2 vessel, an Independence-class carrier built in the USA in the 1940s. The first Dédalo (who enterered service in 1922) was not an aircraft carrier but a seaplane tender. Aircraft carriers and seaplane tenders are very different types of aviation ships
Spanish armada was completely destroyed, what are you talking about
If you’re referring to the Armada of 1588 it was by no means completely destroyed either by the English or the weather. Well over half returned to Spain whilst the overall naval capacity remained almost undiminished, even if, perhaps, somewhat more cautious. The Armada was a disaster but it wasn’t an annihilation.
"Armada" literally means navy in spanish, so yeah the spanish navy was never completely destroyed lol
Thanks again HIDDEN HISTORY.😊
Hitler wanted Spain to enter the war, and traveled by train to meet with Franco. The latter presented a huge list of unreasonable demands. Hitler supposedly made a comment about preferring the dentist to dealing with Franco. To appease Germany a bit, the Blue Division was raised from volunteers and served on the eastern front.
A very well documented video. Nevertheless, there's a minor mistake at 9:30 : Tangier was not a French possession, and so, Franco has not captured it.
The status of Tangier came from the Treaty of Algeciras (1904), signed by all the countries with colonial interests in Northern Africa in this time, i.e. : Spain, France, Italy, Austro-hungarian Empire, Prussian Empire, Russian Empire, Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, United Kingdom, The Ottoman Empire, U.S.A. and Morocco. The Treaty established the sovereignity and independence of Morocco with the sultan AbdelAziz, but under a half-colonial regime so-called "Protectorate". The country was divided in two areas, one under French control (East and South) and the West area under Spanish control. Tanger, surrounde by the Spanish area, rested as an International port under control of all the fourteen signatory countries, with a clause specifying that, in the case of a war between two of these countries, both of them would be left temporarily out of the administration. Then, at the beginning of the WW2, with Germany (including Austria) and Italy on one side, Russia, United Kingdom an France on the other, Belgium and the Netherlands occupied, Sweden without the will of being present, and Turkey under pressure by both sides, only USA, Spain, Morocco and Portugal were at the control. When the USA entered the war in 1941, only Spain has the resources to guarantee the existence of the International Area, since Sweden was not interested, Turkey don't wanted more pressure from both sides, Morocco was under French-Spanish rule and Portugal delegate it in Franco (Portugal, although Oliveira Salazar was more pro-allied, was also under a dictatorship). So, Franco took temprarily under control Tangier during this time, and ended the control at the end of the war.
For all the rest, a fantastic work over an interesting and not very well-known subject.
As I understand it, the Spanish "Azul or Blue" Division was composed of volunteers from the Nationalist Faction which was inducted into the German Heer (Army). All officers & enlisted were from Spain. This division was sent to Russia where it fought Communist forces. When recruited by the Germans (with General Franco's permission), there were apparently more volunteers than authorized spaces to be filled.
Thanks for watching and have a great week :)
Spain had no aircraft carriers during the interwar years. Only small dreadnoughts
Only 3 small dreadnoughts. Closer to pocket battleships. One was lost during the Riff wars and two were lost during the Spanish civil war.
Seaplane tender ESPS Dédalo (not the Independence-class light carrier from America) was converted from a secondhand Imperial German merchant ship.
I enjoyed hearing about Spain’s role in WW2.😊
The right group won
Spain after 1939 was like a fourth rate grade power, including their navy.
Thanks for watching and have a great week :)
What about the us airman and allied agents escaping occupied France through Spain? Was that underground or state sanctioned?
Both Underground and state sanction. Why? So that Spain doesn't face any problems from the Allies.
Lovely
Gibraltar isn’t an island. It is a peninsula.
FRANCO
Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.
it was called Kreigsmarine not Reichsmarine.
did they profit like sweden and switz?
Spain was a less-developed economy than Sweden or CH and had less by which it might profit.
No, actually they suffered for their Axis aligned Neutrality/non-belligerence, Spain was generally ostracized by the International community post war because of it as they had no access to Marshall Plan aid like most other European nations did.
There is also the fact that they were a de facto Right Wing Dictatorial Imperial Power and that the world at large had spent the best part of the past six years fighting against that very system of Government.
It was only once Franco was gone and the Monarchy restored that Spain was able to fully join the International Community.
Which is also what lead the Spanish and Portugese economies to be largely stunted and not as well developed as their European counterparts in the 70's-80's-90's
@@marcofava "There is also the fact that they were a de facto Right Wing Dictatorial Imperial Power and that the world at large had spent the best part of the past six years fighting against that very system of Government."
True, but you've got to love the irony that the first thing the Great British People did on the defeat of National Socialism was give Churchill the boot in favour of Socialists' Nationalisation plans - and in the middle of the Potsdam Conference while still at war with Japan!
@@nemo6686 I mean the British populace and electorate were probably tired of war and it's austerity, Churchill was and had always been a war monger, Attlee on the other hand was a pacifist that chose war because it was necessary to protect his country, and as soon as the direct threat to the Home islands was gone he went back to being a moderate socialist, and that the United Kingdom did not just flat out collapse post was him and his clever usage of Marshall plan funds and money
@@marcofavaBritain didn’t receive any funds from the Marshall Plan. In fact, the USA called in its loans to Britain on the very day that war ended & thus screwed British recovery for decades.
Gibraltar is not an island.
germany invaded poland in 1939 not 1945 at least in my history books and the local senataff has this on it ww2 1939- 1945 the civil war in spain ended 1939 acording to a memorial in my towns park
Gibraltar is a peninsula attached to Spain it is not an island!!!
At the time, al-Tariq's Peak (transliteration) was walled off by Spain as it was conquered by a joint British and Dutch naval force.
@@royasturias1784 yes by a force of british royal marines and their dutch counterparts thats how the royal marines have gibroltar on their flag and badge with loral leaves
Who writes this rubbish? So many basic factual errors it's laughable. But seriously, it's not right to put out such inaccurate garbage.