“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
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!
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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 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
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
@@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.
@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
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.
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.
@@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.
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")
@@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
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.
@@danielmorenosimancas7524 I checked this is some books on the history of the Eastern Front. The Spanish Blue Division fought on the outskirts of Leningrad.
@@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
"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 :/
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.
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
@@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.
@@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.
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.
"Santiago y cierra España" es el grito de guerra de la caballería española. La participación española en la guerra fue mayor. La columna del Chad, con la legión extranjera en Bir Hakein o en Narvik, con los comandos británicos en Creta, y en el Ejercito Rojo...
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
@@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
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.
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”
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
@@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.
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.
@@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
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
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.
Division Azul also had their march: Con mi canción La gloria va Por los caminos del adiós, Que en Rusia están Los camaradas de mi División. Cielo azul A la estepa desde España llevaré, Se fundirá la nieve Al avanzar, mi capitán. Vuelvan por mi El martillo al taller, La hoz al trigal. Brillen al sol Las flechas en el haz Para ti, Que mi vuelta alborozada has de esperar Entre el clamor Del clarín inmortal. En la distancia queda Gozo del hogar Con aires de campanas, Vuelo de la paz. Resuenan los tambores; Europa rompe albores, Aligerando nubes Con nuestro caminar. Con humo de combate Yo retornaré, Con cantos y paisajes Que de allí traeré. Avanzando voy; Para un mundo sombrío Llevamos el sol; Avanzando voy Para un cielo vacío Llevamos a Dios.
@@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
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.
@@maxgrozema1093 Mercenary definition: "Soldier who fights in exchange for money or a favor and without ideological motives.". So 1. You didn't know what a Mercenary is and now you know thanks to me. 2. If you watched the video and understand English, they fought against comunism, so they fought for an ideology an NOT for money.
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
@@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 :(
@@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.
Yeah well, that's like saying your proud of Grandpa for going to someones house and killing them because :insert unjustified cause here: There is a reason why pride is a deadly sin.
@@beefsupreme5132 Suddenly, fighting against totalitarianism is unjustified? Sure, you got me with the sin part, but still, these are justified causes. Most spaniards even refrained from warcrimes and have been addressed for being pretty lite when it comes to obscenity. Even the biggest tragedies of the SCW were caused by foreign forces, such as the bombing of Guernica by Germany or the kidnapping of children by Soviet soldiers.
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.
@@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]
@@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.
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
Well, the Spanish are not used to that type of weather and did lot of damage to the soviets, the finns in the other hand are used to, known all the paths
Probably the soldiers Soviets feared were Finns and Afghans Spain, while they fought well, didn't really impact the outcome of the war that much, sorry amigos
@@comradekenobi6908 i had say otherwise? the most important thing was the operation that the allies make to trick Hitler that they where going to disembark on grece instead of Italy
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.
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.
@@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.
When the invasion of Poland began on september of 1939, Franco and Salazar tried to be mediators between both sides without success, since they believed that a war in Europe would only benefit the rise of URSS on the long term. At that time, Franco had a meeting with his generals where he warned them that if this war lasted too long, it would only be a matter of time that the "inexhaustible" end up defeating the "invincible". However due to the fast victories of Germany in Norway and France, Franco declared the country "non-beligerant", genuinely was thinking of joining the war alongside the Axis at some point between august and october of 1940. When both him and Hitler had their meeting in Hendaya on the 23rd of october, planned by both their ministers Serrano Suñer and Ribbentrop, things didn't go well as expected; Franco demanded weapons, weath and raw materials, the promise of having Gibraltar back and some of France's former colonies. Hitler wasn't interested that much on that matter and Ribbentrop previously told Suñer that if Spain had to enter the war they had to give them one of their islands in Baleares in order to stablish a base and cut the british access to the Mediterranean, which was an unaceptable term for us. Also there was also Admiral Canaris, who was secretly contacting Franco, reporting that Great Britain wasn't going to surrender any time soon, and even Mussolini and the italian fascists understood much better than the germans that Spain's entrance wasn't a smart choice due to their poor state. At the end, Franco was more worried to secure the reconstruction of Spain after a brutal civil war and the Blue Division, led by my great-uncle Muñoz Grandes, was sent as a payment for the asistance given to us in the civil war.
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
How crazy is that this happened, while the first tanks division to enter Paris in its liberation was called "La Nueve" due to being mostly spanish exiles. The first tanks to enter Paris were named Quijote, Madrid, Guernica...
Simplen history: Shows Warpath as sponsor Me: "You were ment to destroy them not join them" But I guess you need sponsors to make videos, sadly by game developers who lie a lot
@@flaxentaster41 you know warpath right, they make these ADs that look nice and believable, but the game ( after downloading was just a lie ) is nothing aspected as the ADs. Simple history is some sort of a, documentary channel that explains every detail and tge truth. It was unexpected for most subscribers why they accepted the sponsor from warpath. In short, Warpath, a game which shows you the second world war, like no game did before, but in the end tricked you and nothing was true about all !ADs. Simple History, a UA-cam channel that explains the frist and second world war, with every detail they can find, which is also the truth If you make self research ment, if you don't belive them. I just wanted to make a joke that is some sort of real you know m8.
My great-grandfather fought in the División Azul, and I was lucky to meet him, unluckily, he died now 6 years ago. It truly was a miracle that he lasted till the 2015.
“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
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!
I wonder what happened to her after all this.
*Germany: God we're being overwhelmed*
*Spain: Hola amigos*
"estamos a camino,hombres".
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*Ya llegamos camaradas*
Holla Amigos!
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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.
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
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 ...
Nobody Expects The Spanish Blue Division !!!
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Bruh I dont care but those red berets looked awesome af.
Nice one
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
World War 2: *takes place in most of Europe*
Spain: hey let’s have our own world war
More like civil
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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
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.
It's called trench jumping
@@AlexisHerrera-ty2ju I I think you are right Salta trincheras in spanish sounds me very familiar.
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!!!
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.
“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.
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"
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
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.
What he said?
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
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
"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
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
"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
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.
Ah yes,the famous División Azul.
ua-cam.com/video/zP4yUocR_Vc/v-deo.html
Con la cara al sol
more like infamous
@@ruben7820 por?
@@ruben7820 why, they fought against evil commies
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.
"Do you really neutral spanish?"
Spanish : "yesn't"
Síno
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
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.
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.
"Santiago y cierra España" es el grito de guerra de la caballería española.
La participación española en la guerra fue mayor. La columna del Chad, con la legión extranjera en Bir Hakein o en Narvik, con los comandos británicos en Creta, y en el Ejercito Rojo...
The spanish that fought in France and liberated Paris were members of La Nueve a division made by spanish Republican soldiers not fascist.
@@joanmm2930 It is very obvious. Nobody guessed the opposite.
@@joanmm2930but spanish
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
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).
Glad you covered one of the more overlooked WWII stories.
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"
@@ΚωνσταντίνοςΠαπαναστασίου-υ8σ Sspain? What's that supposed to be, a snake attempting to say "Spain"?
@@kiwuuspurr1927 i think its reference to SS
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...
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
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
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.
Can we all just appreciate how good the animation is
9:35 that is probably the best drawing Simple History has so far...
It’s…A still image
@@weeabooze655 That's the joke, genius.
*Spanish Blue Division and Croatian 369th Jäger Divison, the most underrated volunteer divisions.*
So were the 33rd Waffen Division.
I'm reading the book of Caballero Jurado right now. A very necessary book today in Spain. It broke some myths of this army.
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
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
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.
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.
The Art In the Videos Has Gotten A Lot better. A Love the Channel My Personal Favorite Are The WW2 Videos.
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
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
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
Division Azul also had their march:
Con mi canción
La gloria va
Por los caminos del adiós,
Que en Rusia están
Los camaradas de mi División.
Cielo azul
A la estepa desde España llevaré,
Se fundirá la nieve
Al avanzar, mi capitán.
Vuelvan por mi
El martillo al taller,
La hoz al trigal.
Brillen al sol
Las flechas en el haz
Para ti,
Que mi vuelta alborozada has de esperar
Entre el clamor
Del clarín inmortal.
En la distancia queda
Gozo del hogar
Con aires de campanas,
Vuelo de la paz.
Resuenan los tambores;
Europa rompe albores,
Aligerando nubes
Con nuestro caminar.
Con humo de combate
Yo retornaré,
Con cantos y paisajes
Que de allí traeré.
Avanzando voy;
Para un mundo sombrío
Llevamos el sol;
Avanzando voy
Para un cielo vacío
Llevamos a Dios.
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
Absolutely irrelevant LOL
@@piloto88ed and? 🤔
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.
Thank you very much for this video. it honors those brave men, most of them forgotten when they returned home.
Mercenaries for nazi's you mean
@@maxgrozema1093 Mercenary definition: "Soldier who fights in exchange for money or a favor and without ideological motives.". So 1. You didn't know what a Mercenary is and now you know thanks to me. 2. If you watched the video and understand English, they fought against comunism, so they fought for an ideology an NOT for money.
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
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.
The legendary Spanish Tercios came back for the battle of Krasny Bor! ¡Plvs Vltra!
Your animation has improved alot since your first videos! Congrats!
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.
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.
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')
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" ?
You didn't say the enormous amount of casualties the soviets suffered at Krasny Bor
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
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
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
5:17 wow this art was amazing in this scene
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!???
Thanks for the video and greetings from Spain🇪🇦😄
Haven’t even watched this video but thanks for spewing out educational content about unknown events!
I'm a huge fan of the new detailed artstyle, keep it up guys ♡
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!
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 ☝
I'm from Spain and I'm proud of the spaniards who fought in both sides, both the blue division in the axis and the 9th in the allied
Bravery of your countrymen should be celebrated indiscriminately, you are right to be proud
Rightly so, you are an example to patriotism. Fighting against both nazism and stalinism is something we should celebrate here in Spain.
Thanks for colonizing the Philippines for almost 400yrs?
Yeah well, that's like saying your proud of Grandpa for going to someones house and killing them because :insert unjustified cause here:
There is a reason why pride is a deadly sin.
@@beefsupreme5132 Suddenly, fighting against totalitarianism is unjustified? Sure, you got me with the sin part, but still, these are justified causes. Most spaniards even refrained from warcrimes and have been addressed for being pretty lite when it comes to obscenity. Even the biggest tragedies of the SCW were caused by foreign forces, such as the bombing of Guernica by Germany or the kidnapping of children by Soviet soldiers.
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.
España! Una!
España! Grande!
España! Libre!
Ariba España!
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
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
Not gonna lie, never heard about those "feared by Russians" units. Finns are more famous for fighting alongside Germans in Leningrad siege
Well, the Spanish are not used to that type of weather and did lot of damage to the soviets, the finns in the other hand are used to, known all the paths
Probably the soldiers Soviets feared were Finns and Afghans
Spain, while they fought well, didn't really impact the outcome of the war that much, sorry amigos
@@comradekenobi6908 well if 1 division can do as much as an army of a whole nation then you have a problem
@@blecao still, Spain's impact on that war was minimal
@@comradekenobi6908 i had say otherwise?
the most important thing was the operation that the allies make to trick Hitler that they where going to disembark on grece instead of Italy
From Spain thanks for making this video
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/
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.
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
When the invasion of Poland began on september of 1939, Franco and Salazar tried to be mediators between both sides without success, since they believed that a war in Europe would only benefit the rise of URSS on the long term. At that time, Franco had a meeting with his generals where he warned them that if this war lasted too long, it would only be a matter of time that the "inexhaustible" end up defeating the "invincible".
However due to the fast victories of Germany in Norway and France, Franco declared the country "non-beligerant", genuinely was thinking of joining the war alongside the Axis at some point between august and october of 1940. When both him and Hitler had their meeting in Hendaya on the 23rd of october, planned by both their ministers Serrano Suñer and Ribbentrop, things didn't go well as expected; Franco demanded weapons, weath and raw materials, the promise of having Gibraltar back and some of France's former colonies. Hitler wasn't interested that much on that matter and Ribbentrop previously told Suñer that if Spain had to enter the war they had to give them one of their islands in Baleares in order to stablish a base and cut the british access to the Mediterranean, which was an unaceptable term for us.
Also there was also Admiral Canaris, who was secretly contacting Franco, reporting that Great Britain wasn't going to surrender any time soon, and even Mussolini and the italian fascists understood much better than the germans that Spain's entrance wasn't a smart choice due to their poor state. At the end, Franco was more worried to secure the reconstruction of Spain after a brutal civil war and the Blue Division, led by my great-uncle Muñoz Grandes, was sent as a payment for the asistance given to us in the civil war.
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
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. 😎👍
I have a Spanish blue division medal. It’s original. By far the most unique item in my collection.
you cant say that without showing bro
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?
Loving these videos Simple History! Very entertaining seeing this all animated.
Such a nice video, would be interesting to also have a video about the "opposite" Spanish volunteer division which fought for the Allies.
6:06 that's the description of some of my schoolmates of my village haha
Not even with a unexpected spanish inquisition they could defeat winter.
Remember: Never mess with Winter.
Mongolia:Hold my beer
Also only 45,000 were sent and they killed far more Soviets.
Global warming and climate change: 👀
@@JoseGarcia-xf5gk The kills doesnt matter. What matters,is who won.
Also; thats called,"being a supoort unit"
@@hiredmurderer6228 by ur logic soviet union didnt won ww2 because it collapsed in 90s.
mongols won. controlled russia for over 300 years.
How crazy is that this happened, while the first tanks division to enter Paris in its liberation was called "La Nueve" due to being mostly spanish exiles.
The first tanks to enter Paris were named Quijote, Madrid, Guernica...
Also simple history I have been inspired by your videos since the start it made me know what I know about the world to this day
Now they know how it feels.
❄️🌨️☃️❄️
Ah yes, the Spanish Civil War, or as I like to call it:
The World War II Beta version
The Ukraine War would be "WORLD WAR III: THE BETA VERSION "
Simplen history: Shows Warpath as sponsor
Me: "You were ment to destroy them not join them"
But I guess you need sponsors to make videos, sadly by game developers who lie a lot
Exactly
Why were they meant to destroy them?
@@flaxentaster41 you know warpath right, they make these ADs that look nice and believable, but the game ( after downloading was just a lie ) is nothing aspected as the ADs. Simple history is some sort of a, documentary channel that explains every detail and tge truth. It was unexpected for most subscribers why they accepted the sponsor from warpath. In short, Warpath, a game which shows you the second world war, like no game did before, but in the end tricked you and nothing was true about all !ADs. Simple History, a UA-cam channel that explains the frist and second world war, with every detail they can find, which is also the truth If you make self research ment, if you don't belive them. I just wanted to make a joke that is some sort of real you know m8.
Honestly, warpath sucks.
@@colem_h agree, just lies nothing more
My great-grandfather fought in the División Azul, and I was lucky to meet him, unluckily, he died now 6 years ago. It truly was a miracle that he lasted till the 2015.
The animator's put in a lot of details on the weapon's and equipment
It's amazing
FINALLY A VIDEO ABOUT THE DIVISION AZUL!! THANKS SIMPLE HISTORY!!