white textbook - role of Foreign Intervention (Political Impact)

Question 1

How did Franco’s ability to gain foreign aid help him?

Answer 1

Franco’s ability to obtain foreign aid increased his authority within the nationalist movement

Question 2

What did these advantages (Franco’s ability to obtain foreign aid) enable Franco to do?

Answer 2

Allowed him to initiate the daring airlift
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win series of early victories against Mola who had none of these advantages

Question 3

What did this advantage for Franco mean for the Nationalist leadership?

Answer 3

meant Nationalists had a strong, undisputed leader early on

Question 4

What was the cost of Soviet help?
(not financial)

Answer 4

Soviet help to Republicans had political cost

Question 5

What was the political cost?

Answer 5

Spanish communists given senior gov jobs in return for aid

Question 6

What was the consequence of giving Spanish comms senior gov jobs?

Answer 6

caused a split in Republican gov as anarchists, trotskyites, moderates, all unwilling to support comm dominated gov

Question 7

What was the G aid political cost?

Answer 7

none - G did not interfere w Franco’s plan

Question 8

What was the Ita aid political cost?

Answer 8

Ita wanted Ita general to lead Ita forces

Question 9

Consequence of Ita generals leading Ita forces?

Answer 9

defeat at Battle of Guadalajara (march 1937)

Question 10

Consequence of Battle of Guadalajara defeat?

Answer 10

afterwards Mussolini allowed Franco to direct his forces