Assuming the Spanish Nationalists never revolt against the Communists, or they are wiped out before starting a full-blown civil war, how does this affect WWII as we know it in Europe?
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Assuming the Spanish Communists never revolt against the Nationalists, or they are wiped out before starting a full-blown civil war, how does this affect WWII as we know it in Europe?
Assuming the Spanish Communists never revolt against the Nationalists, or they are wiped out before starting a full-blown civil war, how does this affect WWII as we know it in Europe?
As idd3t mentions, you have the events backwards.
The easiest way, for this to happen (while still have the Popular Front win) is to disperse the Generals more, and have the government keep track of them better. If there are only minor revolts quickly smashed, the African Legion will not be able to reach mainland Spain. Game over for the traitors.
It may very well be enough to keep France from falling during a later WW2 as the lack of experience will be quite damaging for the Germans. The rifts between the right and left in France will also be smaller, and a Vichy situation is less likely than IOTL.
I think you have your history a bit backwards... It was the Nationalists who revolted against the democratically elected Popular Front government, not the other way around.
What political rifts in France were caused by the Spanish Civil War?
Interest in dive bombing predated the SCW, but it didn't become the solution to the accuracy problem until combat experience demonstrated the problems with current bombsights for level bombing.Germany doesn't have a testing ground for its aircraft and tactics. Maybe the Luftwaffe doesn't get obsessed with dive bombing. No different aircraft, but very different assumptions.