Where did Neutral Spain fight in WWII?
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The Blue Division was the Spanish volunteer unit of the German Army.
Like the Russians they would seldom take prisoners. This gave rise for Munoz-Grandes to call them his “ Bridegrooms of Death “ and even their battle cry was “ Viva la Muerte “ or “ Long Live Death “.
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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
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Sources:
Littlejohn, David, Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, Vol. 2, San Jose, 1987
Scurr, John, H. Richard, Germany’s Spanish Volunteers 1941-1945, Oxford, 1980
Jurado, C. Caballero, Blue Division Soldier 1941-1945, New York, 2009
“If you see a German soldier who is unshaven, in an unbuttoned tunic, and drunk, do not rush to arrest him, most likely this is a Spanish hero.” Chief of Staff of the Army High Command Franz Halder
Nice video
You should do Croatian, Romanian, Italian or Ukrainian units on the Eastern front.
LMAO
Pleasure to meet you Simple History oh quite a pleasure! You're thumbnails are getting better and better evej some of them are like pieces of art a cat's meow work I tell you, I haven't been entertained since the Stock Market Crash of 1929 ah ha ha ha!
But if he's drunk, has one eye and a grenade launcher, run. You may have encountered a wild demoman
Nobody Expects The Spanish Blue Division !!!
Nice
😂😂
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Bruh I dont care but those red berets looked awesome af.
Nice one
Spain was:
Pro German in the Eastern Front
Neutral in the Western Front
Pro Allied in the Pacific front
Spain was going to send another "Blue Division" to help the allies invade Japan
Yep, that was after Franco got news of the Spaniards in Manila being imprisoned and massacred by the Japanese. There were also Filipino guerrilla squads led by Basque-descent "Hacendados" (Ranch owners) that fought against the Japanese forces in the Negros Island.
why would they have fought against japan?
@@arisaka233 The Philipines was a spanish colony until 1898, thus in the 1940s Spain still had a huge influence in the country, as well as in other Pacific islands.
Japan attacked spanish interests, and killed a lot of spanish nationals, specially missionaries, and the spanish regime was very religious.
@@gabrielperezmarin6698 Many spaniards lived in Manila and suffered Japanese soldiers in Philippines. Japanese soldiers raped 4 girls of Spanish Family in Manila, and Franco thoung to declare war to Japanese, only German Allied and Eastern front pressure stopped franco because of Stalin and japanese promise of second front.
Franco had created 4 spanish Legion flags of Elit Soldiers around 15.000 men, and 2 division of Spanish Marines around 30.000 ready to send with 4 destroyers, and two battleship to Pacific Scenario.
Spain actually almost went on the verge of joining the allies in the Second World War against the Japanese after the Manila Massacre. 3d chess was literally the Spanish foreign policy.
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That’s an interesting fact since the Philippines was influenced by Spain a lot.
ahahaha yeah 大日本帝国万歳！long live the the great empire of Japan from mexico
@@weedee989 well It was a spanish colony
I wonder why would they do that,at that point Philipines where an american colony and their dehispanization policies erased pretty much every trace of Spain in the country. Nowadays the only spanishthing filipinos have are their surnames
"The Germans are brave if so commanded by the Führer. The Spaniards I knew lacked the instinct of self-preservation; in one attack they could lose 50% of the soldiers, while the other 50% kept on fighting and singing; this I have seen with my own eyes and even the Germans were amazed with their courage and endurance."
Excerpt from the diary of Lidia Isipova, a Russian woman who lived with Germans and Spaniards in Leningrad.
I think I'm a bit late... Yeah, 4 months late, still, I needed to comment this.
Thanks for sharing
Losing half your men and keep singing while you fight is so badass!
Russians: Hah, these Germans are easy to overrun
Some Spanish boys in blue: *Buenos días*
*Russians then proceed to overrun the Spanish aswell*
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As I understand the entire Blue Divison was wiped out before the Soviets set their aim to rush B. Anyway, these animals didn't deserve any mercy
@Erwin Rommel if you have nothing to say on the subject- don't open your mouth just to express some vocal indigestion. Communism doesn't work, that's obvious. But Spanish soldiers didn't fight communism because in the war of ideas the only casualties are people. Spanish assisted in the Siege of Leningrad, basically trying to starve its citizens to death. Not to mention Franco's policy to assist Germans in executing minorities
I think to recall that there was a moment where spaniards from from the Blue division fight (or where near to) against spaniards refugees that fled to Rusia after the civil war
*Germany: God we're being overwhelmed*
*Spain: Hola amigos*
"estamos a camino,hombres".
@@TiffanyPlaysOwO ye
*Ya llegamos camaradas*
Holla Amigos!
@@TiffanyPlaysOwO ñ
“Better dead than red”
-spanish blue division
Walk in Paris you feel like it's Africa walk in London you feel like your in Pakistan walk in any former soviet city you feel like your in Europe
@@wiseman3132 europe is muslim now
@@wiseman3132 literally because the world rejected the 5 empire future Britain Germany Russia japan America
"Ok but go work for USSR in Vorkuta before" Enrique Lister Spanish General of Red army.
Indeed.
Germany: We could really use your help
Spain: Si
🇩🇪 🇪🇸
🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇪🇸
@@jimmywilliams4257
@@jimmywilliams4257 lmao
@@jimmywilliams4257 And here’s your equal attention cake, America, lmao
World War 2: *takes place in most of Europe*
Spain: hey let’s have our own world war
More like civil
@@TiffanyPlaysOwO 🤨
@@TiffanyPlaysOwO 🤨
@@TiffanyPlaysOwO r/kidsonyoutube
@@Cbrmkn98xs r/youngpeopleyoutube
It’s fascinating how the German military was such a multinational fighting force.
Noooo! They were racist, didn’t you learn anything from biased schooling?!?!?!?!
@@La_Pucelle_dOrleans lies ✡️ 🇮🇱🇦🇿🇷🇺
@@kaylahills3760 what? Have you even studied history?
@@tabe3263 oh yeah I do straight A's and B's in my history classes.
I just know that there are certain aspects of history that they never tell us about.
From ancient tartary, to the Celtic Giants that ruled the Mississippi River valley, and lying about the real age of the Great pyramids of Egypt.
@@kaylahills3760 based
I have read about that Spanish soldier's were very effective and ruthless in combat but with the civilian population it turns out that Spanish troops treated them respectfully and because of this many fights with the German troops occurred
Thats true..
Yeah, they were there just to kill some communism, not to actually support nazism
@@schweinefleischteinvonreic5573 The Official motto of the Blue Division, acording to some books I read, was "Russia must pay!" And also "Russia is Guilty!". The soviets and the pro soviet Spanish Communist Party comitted a Lot of crimes in Spain during the civil War (yeah I know, Franco also did, but that's not the point), so Falangist wanted to get some payback more than Merely fighting for Germany.
@@geronimozarza8495 Exactamente
@@geronimozarza8495 Franco didn't
One of the most epic battles the Blue Division fought in was the Krasny Bor one, where 6500 Spanish and German troop (most Spanish) fought against 33.000 Russians wihout any tank (the Russians had 90) winning the battle and making several casualities and holding the siege of Leningrad.
My father fought there winning an Iron Cross and a Cruz al Mérito Militar (con distintivo rojo).
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@@italianboyz12345 do you even know about the events that took place in Leningrad?
My great Grandfather fought in the Battle of the Ebro(the biggest battle in Spanish Civil War)and in Krasny Bor,he was wounded by a grenade there,he recieved an Iron Cross
My great-grandfather served in the blue also, unfortunately he died in combat when the Russians broke the siege of Leningrad ...
Will you guys make the Spanish civil war episode in the future??
I second this!
Oh man, that comments section is gonna be a civil war in of it’s self. Lmfao
Yugoslavia
@@juan.2438 oh no, don’t even bring up the Balkans bro, you gonna start a world war up in here. Lmfao
Oh yes!!!
"Hola Camaradas, You got some funny shirts too?"
~Spanish blue division.
I see you're a man of culture as well
Oh my God,, awesome, maravilloso Easter egg
Hello Germans and Paella
Thanks I hate it
They then rushed berlin
When i was a kid, I met a blue division veteran, from the town of Toro. He told me that germans gave them a kind of wine mixed with gun powder in order to be corageous in battle. I currently think of that wine may contain pervitin.
A famous veteran was Luis García Berlanga, one of the best film directors from Spain, He was a volunteer due to save his(republican) parent fron jail.
Very interesting story. It's always good to know everyone's stories.
Gunpowder might have been used in some way as well. It has a chemical in it that helps cocaine and amphetamines work better. If your theory is correct then the Germans and the Spanish might have been some of the earliest users of “brown brown” in history, thank you for sharing.
Axis and Allies: So are you neutral?
Spain: Yes, but also no
Spain has a civil war at the time until German stuff
Non-beligerant between 1940 and 1943.
meanwhile ireland be all: "I don't exactly like that hitler chap but we just really hate the british"
@@MsZsc there were some meetings between the IRA and German diplomats I believe, however a majority of the IRA didn't support the germans
@@Xorthane Irish citizens mostly helped the British, either by giving free pass for the RAF, or joining the British army, despite risking having Irish citizenship revoked.
I am from Spain, my great grand father's brother was almost send to this unit as an army Chaplin . He was spared because of his service during the Civil war. One of the most overlooked stories of WW2. I also have to ad Spanish republicans fought for the Soviets, and western allies. Great video!
Franquista?
@@javiermendoza9607 Luchar en el bando nacional no significa que eres franquista. Podrías ser carlista, falangista, conservador o simplemente monárquico en vez de ser franquista. El franquismo es, irónicamente, como el estalinismo, una ideología que se construyó a la imagen de una persona sobre otra ideología(s) existentes.
@@javiermendoza9607 Lucho en el bando nacional. Casi toda mi familia luchó en el bando nacional, menos uno que lucho por la republica. Mi familia tenia tiendas, y los anarquistas casi los fusilaron por el mero hecho de tenerlas. Les salvó del paredón inextremis un pequeño grupo de Requetes. Mi bisabuelo fue un gran hombre, religioso, que años mas tarde usó su rango militar y influencia para que amigos de la infancia y buenas personas que lucharon por la republica pudiesen volver del exilio. Espero que esto aclare tu duda.
@@the-mj8rk Si, sobre el fascismo. Y eso de llamarlo "bando nacional" es puro franquismo por cierto, llamalo por su nombre, el bando REBELDE, ¿o acaso los que defendían la legalidad constitucional no eran nacionales?, ¿era Pinochet del bando "nacional" chileno?, ¿eran los generales de las juntas miilitares del bando "nacional" argentino?, o para que veas que no solo nombro a fascistas, ¿era Pol Pot del bando "nacional" camboyano?, ¿Kim Il-Sung del bando "nacional" coreano?
@@llorencp.guzman2795 En el bando rebelde, rebelarse y luchar contra un gobierno legítimo no tiene nada de "nacional" o de patriota.
Franco outplayed everyone, he got on the good side of the nazies and threw them under the bus when the war was ending
Franco disliked Germany ideologically, since he had already made negative experiences with the classical Falangists, and because of their suppression of the Catholic Church. He did support their war against the Soviet Union mostly because he saw it as the greater evil.
@@AEIOU05 Franco outplayed everyone. That's how it was.
He got rid of the leader of the falange (the fascist party) and unified monarchists, traditionalist, republican rightwingers and so on during the civil war.
Then he adopted a catholic-fascist idology to keep his grip on power, but when the fascist (socialist) economy scrambled, he swerved towards a liberal-Catholic dictatorship removing the falangistas from power (although the political party kept the name "Falange Española")
He was the only fascist that won
@@JM-fo1te Stalin?
@@lahabitaciondelatrapado4621 That‘s True, Franco was not a politician but a military man through and through. He was exceptionally skilled in the art of compromise, diplomacy and divide and conquer
Russians: Jeez, those Germans are tough
Spanish: ¿Perdóneme?
lmaooo
Germans are tough? This is a nice joke
@@sakkoadl1332 they literally fought against half of the world, if that isn't being though, I don't know what is
@@sakkoadl1332 Just because they lost, doesn't mean they are weak. The Germans are more tougher than Italy.
@@agentepolaris4914 They was though on tactics and organisation level, in close combat (especially in cities) Soviets was stronger.
1:08 to skip the advert for pay to win mobile games.
You're a good man thank you
Careful, he's a hero
Ahh man I didn't see this until after the video
I love how people say he’s a hero like they can’t skip the add themselves
@@Nuclear_Potato-rt8pl Same
Spain : Soviets having the red army ? Guess I should send my Blue Division
I'm sure that had to do with the name
And they made the Purple battle
@@MacElMasMancoDeTodos and them prince make a song purple rain
Soviet: "Well you activate My Spanish trap: The Gullon Guerrilla"
My great Grandfather fought in the Battle of the Ebro(the biggest battle in Spanish Civil War)and in Krasny Bor,he was wounded by a grenade there,he recieved an Iron Cross
Honor, hermano
hope your gtand
Was he a Republican or a Nationalist?
@@user-qp4bx5jg5n y tanto hermano,estoy muy orgulloso de e
@@Vesuvio_NA he was a Nationalist,but I have another Great Grandfather that was a Republican,he was condemned to death but they freed him because he didnt kill anyone, he became married in prison with my Great Grandmother ,Im Really proud of both
My Russian professor in college served in the Soviet Army during the siege of Leningrad. I remember him telling us about fighting the "Blue" Division. I had never heard of that before.
What he said?
@@danielmorenosimancas7524 I checked this is some books on the history of the Eastern Front. The Spanish Blue Division fought on the outskirts of Leningrad.
The dude in the cover is like “I’m in Spain without the S”
haha so funny 😐
Wow. ha *ha* ...
More like in Spain but with an extra "s"
@@user-no4su7je2n Sspain? What's that supposed to be, a snake attempting to say "Spain"?
@@kiwuuspurr1927 i think its reference to SS
Ah yes,the famous División Azul.
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Con la cara al sol
more like infamous
@@ruben7820 por?
@@ruben7820 why, they fought against evil commies
I am from spain. My uncle grandfather was a commited falangist and joined the Blue Division. I believe he was killed in action at 21 years old. He's buried somewhere in russia.
Good
@@spiros1205 good what?
@@spiros1205 edgy
good death
@@spiros1205 good that he killed those sucios comunistas
The grandfather of my wife was a "Leigionario" in the civil war, and he was one of the volunteers in the division. He was captured and come back in 1953. Details:
1) The hymn of the Spanish "legionarios" is "I am the boyfriend of the dead" and “Viva la Muerte“ or "Cierra España" is their war cry.
2) In the Krasny Bor battle 5900 Spanish troops stop the attack of 38,000 Russians. They lost around 3500 men, but they kill more than 1/3 of the enemy troops and keep their positions.
3) The Spanish troops also fight on France as members of the "resistance" and the ninth company that liberated Paris was Spanish. Also, few volunteers fight by the Russians and the English make a whole division by Spaniards...
In the second world war, Spain was neutral, but Spaniards fight on all sides.
Pretty happy that they showed something about Spain in WW2
I'll have two number nines a number nine large a number six of extra dip a number seven to number 45 one with cheese and a large soda
We serve food here sir
@@weedee989 ya
Your proud?
@@RayRayIII Yes, and I'm not even Spanish
I'm so early, Simple History doesn't have any ads for Raid Shadow Legends yet
Ah a man of culture I see your profile icon 😂
Which I am glad to not see
@@RNKel1 thanks to Nordvpn for sponsoring this video nord vpn is.....
Should I tell him?
They Have had raid shadow legends ads you just havent seen a lot of there videos
"Do you really neutral spanish?"
Spanish : "yesn't"
Síno
The “Grooms of death” thing comes long before WWII.
Spanish Legion.
Germany is very pathetic, i actually feel sorry for Germany
I'll have two number nines a number nine large a number six of extra dip a number seven to number 45 one with cheese and a large soda
@@sakkoadl1332 Actually Germany by itself fought against the entire world, so no Germany is not pathetic and they have bigger balls than your entire country.
Allies: Finally, the world is free of fascism!
Spain: Keep quiet! I think they forgot about us...
Spain bothered nobody and nobody bothered them except Morocco, who claimed Spanish colonies as well as cities that had been Spanish since the Reconquista, the latter still belong to Spain
@@jonathanwilliams1065 where are those colonies now? :)
@@comradekenobi6908 Well we complied with UN resolutions that pressed for the decolonization of Africa. We still hold two cities in Africa (which legally cannot be considered colonies) and the Canary Islands. Morocco still continues to claim those cities and increase pressure on the border (by using illegal inmigrants as tools for agressive diplomacy) but under international law their claim is basically void of any strength.
@@101jlam so? why hold on to it? Spanish empire is no more you know
@@comradekenobi6908 those cities were founded by Spain before even Morocco existed. They are not colonies as all the population from both cities have always been spanish citizens. Maybe you should decolonize Sajalin or the Kuril islands? Russian empire is no more you know.
"So Spain are you neutral?"
Spain and the Azul Division: "Well yes, but actually no."
Edit: I think I accidentally started world war 3 in the comments below :/
Same like the USA 1940-1941 lol
"Bueno, sí. Pero en verdad no."
I think Spain was "Not combatant" for a while in the war.
@@REX-kb5cg yeah, in first two years, from 41 to 44, they did fight.
Like the soviets in the Vietnam war
A small detail:
"Viva la muerte" (Long live death) is a Spanish war cry used by the Legionaries, a (currently used) elite army of Spanish ground forces. This is probably because this group "descends" From the Blue Division.
Not descend because the legion was more older.
Guess we need these guys again soon
My great grandpa was one of those Portuguese that fought on the blue division.
Nice.
You can be proud to have a heroes blood
Fascist grandfather
@@MattSmith-rr2he autolike
@@MattSmith-rr2he Funny enough, Portugal was on the Allies side.
Fun fact: Spanish División Azul commander in chief Muñoz Grandes met Eisenhower while wearing his Iron Cross. That's what I call having a pair.
interesting, didn't they get a heated debate?
Madlad.
@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 Actually I think the 2 got along pretty well since he was also decorated with the American Legion of Merit (I think he's the only person in history to have both of these medals) and also because after all, soldiers respect themselves no matter their nationality
My grandfather went to Russia as a volunteer in the blue division, he was in Krasnybor, where after the bombings without precision, he and his comrades took the MGs and eliminated so many communists in minutes than in several battles.
Very cool story. Hail the blue division! o/
These guys were the descendants of Julius Caesar s Iberian legions Lmao.
That old latin speaker was quite fond of them, wasn’t he?
Finally, I've been waiting for this for a LOOOONNG time.
Is this the only place you can learn about history?
Same mi amigo, same…
Same here holmes
I hope that Simple History one day makes a video about a more current conflict. My thought was the Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017-2019), in the Syrian civil war. The campaign where the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) conquered all the ISIS controlled territory on the East of the East of the Euphrates river.
Weird Fact:
Francisco Franco and Chiang Kai Shek died in the same year.
And Haile Selassie
I knew when franco died but not chang kai shek
I sharted
@@luismdgr Selassie is irrelevant compared to the people in the original comment
Sounds like a good year
Those where some heroes! Brothers in arms against the red Terror. 🇩🇪🇪🇸
We will win the fight against communism 🇺🇸
They were not heroes.
Stop defending them Nazis apologist
@@rupertsmith5815 No, the N@zi polititians where evil, but so where the soviets. The soldies where brave but sadly led by idiots.
@@leone.6190 They were both evil exactly so don’t glorify either
@@rupertsmith5815dead is better than red
"Better dead than red" - some Spanish guy name Frankie
Some Spanish pilots of 439 regiment of the VVS "Ok amigo but go work in Siberia little bit before"
Spanish men fought in many important battles of WW2 even the Soviets had some Spanish generals and troops
The French had Spanish troops to
@@tanker102 "Flashback to the battle of Trafalgar"
@@101jlam they want to take revenge against those pesky Brits for Trafalgar
@@febrian0079 For example Spanish General Lister of the republicans or the Son of Pasionaria who died in Stalingrad battle
@@101jlam Trafalgar? More like Battle of Pensacola (1781).
Spain was not neutral. It was non-belligerent. They helped axis in many different things: minerals, submarine logistics, ..
In the years 39,40,44 and 45 were neutral. Only in 41 42 43 were non beligrant
Gernika....
@@JR-vt7rb mona lisa...
@@NA-uz7co cheeseburgers.....
@@JR-vt7rb breadburguers...
There is also the same thing but in the air force
Like the Blue Division, Spain launched a programm to join the luftwaffe
it was called Blue Squadron (Escuadrilla Azul) and as the Blue Division was send to fight the soviets
mostly formed by veterans of the spanish civil war and even members from the Condor Legion as well members of the Blue Patrol (an unit created during the spanish civil war to join the lufwaffe). These pilots were equiped with BF 109 E (E-3/4)/F (F-2/4) /G (G-4/6) variants and FW 190 A (A-2/3/4/5/8)/F (F-8) and G variants
There was 5 groups of this Blue Squadron and join the Jagdgeschwader 27 (the same esquadron that Marselle was) and Jagdgeschwader 51
Can we all just appreciate how good the animation is
Wow had no idea they were this effective
That's spain for you 🇪🇦
The smaller forces are usually the more deadly.
@@DeNihility They are usually much more organized and have better individual commanders
They we're mostly volunteers with high Morale and a hate for the communists (due to Soviet intervention in the Civil War)
Because death is better alternative than communism
My grand-uncle was a volunteer pilot in the blue division
Tell him that I thank him for his service in the name of the Fatherland 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇵🇱🇨🇿🇱🇺
@@kaylahills3760 nah Spanish Empire was way cooler than the German empire
I'm sorry to hear that.
@@popsicleman1834 it was voluntary
@@specter1549 ya, way better food
I think you should also talk about Mexico's participation in the Second World War, it clearly gave support to the allies and they participated in the Pacific War
!!!
1,500 Mexican soldiers stormed the beaches on D day, under American command.
I watch almost all of your content, and without doubt, this is one of the best. Great in-depth look at from where they originated and for how they were disbanded, as well as how they lived on. Excellent content. Far and away one of your best works.
Did you also know that Spain helped Germany by refueling their U-Boats? I learned that from the tv show, "Hunting Hitler".
I didn't know, tell me more por favor
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 There are structures in Argentina, deep in the jungle. It's said Hitler escaped his fate in Germany and hid there. You'd have to see the show to know more. Or rather, maybe Simple History or Bedtime Stories can do a segment on that story.
@@marines532 Could you send a link, please?
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 To where? The Hunting Hitler thing? It's on the History Channel, or just go to their website.
@@marines532 or maybe just a simple wikipedia link or anything to have an idea what to read, please
9:35 that is probably the best drawing Simple History has so far...
It’s…A still image
@@weeabooze655 That's the joke, genius.
Its kinda hard to place Spain, one cant really put them in axis or ally as they mostly just fought for their own interests
They joined Hitler, but only to fight communism and the USSR
However they were also just as ready and about to join the US against the Japanese.
They also did business with the US and British
Excellent mini doc. I've never heard this anywhere else !!! Please keep the facts coming!!! Bravo 👏
To be honest I didn't know Spain had participation during WW2.
Only on the eastern front between 41 and 43
@@Pablokillerjerez not only there, some Spaniards fought against Germany , it was a French (I think) battalion with a lot of republican Spaniards... Its really interesting, they even helped in the liberation of Paris
Considering Spain fought a bloody civil war, there some that fought for both sides though the state was neutral.
@@tanker102 french foreign legion
That's understandable because Spain for obvious reasons doesn't want people to know that the only reason It didn't join the axis was because it was too weak to be a viable Ally
Also people and groups will have a positive opinion about Franco don't like to talk about his connection to Hitler
Germany: helps Spain in a civil war
"Hey can i get some help"
Spain: ha no...
@Tom Simons ᨆ haha wtf
Germany : **Intense swearing and sweating**
How can you help Spain in a CIVIL War?
Spain: Hey let’s have our own world war
Spain:Tu estas solo elamania osotros vamos esta neutral
Germany: Pikachu Surprised face
I'm reading the book of Caballero Jurado right now. A very necessary book today in Spain. It broke some myths of this army.
I wish this channel made full length documentaries/docuseries the presentation, the narration, the information is all so perfect. Keep up the good work
*Spanish Blue Division and Croatian 369th Jäger Divison, the most underrated volunteer divisions.*
So were the 33rd Waffen Division.
Can you do Croatian 369 regiment who fought in Stalingrad?
Ček o čemu se tu radi ja o tome puku nikad nisam čuo jer su to bili NDH-ovci na nemačkoj strani?
@@slavisasavic8457 Da.
There's a frase here in Spain that encapsulates why they just rush to the enemy: "NO HAY HUEVOS", or "YOU DON'T HAVE THE BALLS". It shows that we're deep idiots that don't take seariously anything, but also shows that not even in a highly dangerous situation we're gonna fall back ( unless you're from Galicia). As a spanish sargent said to a SS troop in a book : "Call me idiot, but man don't call me coward".
Astray Millan the founder of the Legionarios was from Galicia and so was Francisco Franco.
@@miguelcarunchod.1493 Franco is considered a great coward in some places from Spain. An oppresive general turned king that helped the nazis at first but when they started to lose helped the others. My father, with some Galicia family, once said to me "In Galicia, there's funny people and coward people. And Franco wasn't funny."
@@dogon54 Sorry to hear that, at least we agree Millán was funny.
Not gonna lie. I like this Spanish Blue Division.
You forgot about "la nueve" who were a regiment of exilieted spanish republicans that fought for the french army in the north of Africa and then in France, taking a big a part in the liberation of Paris. Still a good video, love your channel.
Republicans🤮
That is a separate topic that I hope simple history makes a video about
Yeah, but thats less glorious than to fight massive Soviet armies in extreme cold
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 both are glorious in their own way
@@Fulcrox no
Dont forget La Nueve, the allied version of Blue Division, they helped liberate Paris and took the Eagles Nest (along with american 101st) tgey served under french command, at LeClerc Division
Yeah they were also known to be brutal and effective fighters Who fought like mad men, they literally spearheaded the offensive
General Leclerc was without a doubt one of France's best generals, even an honorable man, unlike Charles De Gaule.
@@WatcherMovie008 Especially how De Gaulle betrayed the French Army and over 2 million Pied Noirs in 61 during the Algerian War. I don't blame the French Foreign Legion and the French Paratroopers one bit when they attempted a coup against him. French veterans who fought in Algeria are still pissed off till this day :(
@@miguelrodriguez-pineroriva6713 spain always had great soldiers, but terrible leaders
@@Daeneas. "always" ?
I like how the Spaniards were given the obligatory 5 o'clock shadows versus the Germans being perfectly clean shaven. My wife's grandmother was from Spain and my son had to start shaving at 14 and now at 22 can grow as good as or even better of a beard than I can so it's pretty accurate.
meanwhile, I probably can't even have a beard, i only have a thin sort of "moustache", due to being of mixed Amerindian and European ancestry.
@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 bro, dont despair. Shaving sucks. Thankfully I am at end of my career and dont care about the grooming standards and rock a full beard only shaving my neck once a week. Having shaved better part of 33 years, I can tell you that you are blessed in this regards. Unfortunately you may be carded for rated R movies forever.
@@dbach1025 sí, yo se, es que tengo unos pelos extraños.
Glad you covered one of the more overlooked WWII stories.
I learn more history from this channel than in school
Same
IKR
me to if i was a history teacher i would just use these vids half the time lol
Same and im only nine
What do you learn is school LGBTQ history lmao.
Messing with Spain will end you with "Pain"
No longer. The Moors are welcomed back into Spain with open arms. Please conquer us the Spaniard says.
@@Astorath_the_Grim not the spaniard, it's the dumbass who rules in Spain now
Ah I see what you did their you did the *"I'm in Spain but without the S"*
Nice rhyme there
Spain give pain
The legendary Spanish Tercios came back for the battle of Krasny Bor! ¡Plvs Vltra!
Russian soldiers: this is so ez
Azul division: Hold my azul
talks about smoking snakes, Brazilian soldiers who fought in Italy in World War II
Love to see a video about them
Hey, that's a refence to a brazilian moto, isn't it?
"We will fight in ww2 when the snakes start smoking"
Cobras fumantes
Up!
There's a Sabaton song about them btw (just look up 'Sabaton smoking snakes')
Fun fact: Spanish republicans in exile were present in the liberation of Paris
yep. behind canadians and americans armored cavalry and mechanized infantry
@@petitponeydu7727 The 9th Company of the Régiment de marche du Tchad which was nicknamed La Nueve (Spanish for "the nine") consisted of 160 men under French command, 146 of which were Spanish republicans.[15] They were commanded by French Captain Raymond Dronne, who became the second uniformed Allied officer to enter Paris after Amado Granell.[16]
Amado Granell was also a Spanish*
@@petitponeydu7727 Actually, the 9eme Compagnie were the first in Paris. There is a plaque in Paris for the Spanish soldiers who were the first allieds in Paris.
And arrested by degaul the next day
I had no idea that the Spanish fought on the eastern front, what a great gift to Germany as many Germans dreaded being sent to the eastern front.
Im Spanish and this surprised me that the blue division was so good in battle..VÍA ESPAÑA
Corrección ARRIBA ESPAÑA!!!
@@tylerm1270 SIIIII ESTO VA PARA LA AFICIÓN….VIVA ESPAÑA!
5:17 wow this art was amazing in this scene
Nobody expected the Spanish inquisition
In WWII? I dare to say that it is not expected
You mean Nobody expected the spanish division!
No sabes nada,inquision se dio en toda Europa y la peor fue la inglesa pero de eso ☝
Hitler: So will you be helping us in the war?
Franco: Well no but actually yes.
Franco was getting rid of the pro axis facists
Great video, happy to see my country in one of your videos. Spanish Blue Division is unknown for many people even in Spain ♥♥♥
I cant wait to see another videos where Spain is the protagonist
The "Bridgegrooms of Death" nickname actually comes from the Spanish Legion, Franco's and Milan-Astray's men that fought in the Rif and crossed the stretch of Gilbraltar when the Civil War began. It's still used by the Legion today.
"If, on the front you see an ill-shaven, dirty soldier with broken boots and an undone shirt, then salute him, for he is a Spaniard, a hero."
"If you see a German soldier who is unshaven, in an unbuttoned tunic, and drunk, do not rush to arrest him, most likely this is a Spanish hero" is the actual quote. Far from the romantic way many spanish like to describe themselves while citing the war.
@@Moonlightking3 en campaña, si siempre se puede mantener una buena apariencia facial.
Thanks for making a reference to the Portuguese volunteers who also fought with them. Great video as always!
Solo fueron unos 200 los portugueses que lucharon en la División Azul.
@@juanfrancisco9417 so? 200 is better than zero
@@joaoonda
Según los rchivos de la División Azul y los archivos alemanes, los voluntarios portugueses estuvieron entre los 150 a 300, pero las cifras dadas como buenas son de alrededor de 200, encuadrados
entre más de 45.000 españoles que participaron en esa famosa división
Amazing information, really didn't know this. Spanish soldiers in the front lines of Stalingrad is something I wouldn't have expected.
I thought it was Leningrad?
Some of those fighting scenes are very well drawn, there has definitely been alot of improvement in illustrating the action. Job well done to @Simple History.
Spain really is such a fascinating country. Take the time to learn about it like I have, and I'd be surprised if you'd end up regretting it.
And we discovered you
@@Pablokillerjerez Wait what?
@@justalpha9138 *loads gun * Start by the beginning, the entire history of Spain, now!
@@justdenis1224 Woah there kiddo, you must understand that there will be some holes in my knowledge, but if you insist, I will share what I know.
@@justalpha9138 who discovered America (the continent!???
Your animation has improved alot since your first videos! Congrats!
Such a nice video, would be interesting to also have a video about the "opposite" Spanish volunteer division which fought for the Allies.
I love all these simple history videos and I hope at some point you make a detailed video about the Bismarck and her sister ship.
The Art In the Videos Has Gotten A Lot better. A Love the Channel My Personal Favorite Are The WW2 Videos.
I'm a huge fan of the new detailed artstyle, keep it up guys ♡
It's good to see a video like this. This type of stuff didn't get taught alot where I grew up.
Didint know about these guys, thanks for all the videos keep up the good work!
Loving these videos Simple History! Very entertaining seeing this all animated.
Franco: “Ey Mussolini can we get some guns please?”
Mussolini: “Sure dude” *Sends guns*
Manuel Azana: “Sovjets brothers comrades can we get some of you-“
Stalin: “Money, give it to us. Gold aswell.”
Manuel: “But i thought communi-“
Stalin: “No money or gold no guns, bye”
civil war electric boogaloo, part 2, or something, Spain was too prone to conflict in the 19th century.
Wehraboo
Que buen video, gracias por dedicar tu tiempo a contar las historias... Activa los subtítulos porfavor
Ah yes, the Spanish Civil War, or as I like to call it:
The World War II Beta version
One day I hope you guys do a video on the 201st Fighter Squadron aka the Aztec Eagles. I feel like they need a proper video explaining who they are and how they helped in WW2
Agreed. 😎👍
España! Una!
España! Grande!
España! Libre!
Ariba España!
so i’m part japanese and spanish, met italian friends in discord, i also have half brother who is german and was born in suttgart and this got awkward
@The Traditionalist i’m going to have fun trying not to get canceled
@The Traditionalist thanks
La gloriosa Division Azul Española🇪🇸!!.
Who Would Win? Veteran of Civil War with many weapons and xp or Snow and Sexual diseases?