Well, I hate to put it this way, but probably ousting Franco and the Falange would be the only plausible way. Either that, or the message of Franco and his government would have to be very different. I'm not sure what could be done to change this, unless perhaps Franco dies earlier and a suitable candidate is chosen who could perform a Juan Carlos-esque transition to democracy. But who?
I dunno about all that! Salazar was really no different than Franco, yet Portugal was in NATO. Perhaps if Franco decided to join the allies at the end of WWII? Sent troops to Korea maybe? I admit its difficult to get Spain in NATO, but I don't think its implausible with Franco still in charge.
Now, it borders on ABS than post war Spain had any means to make war in the pacific (the war declaration was merely simbolic), but if the US took care of the logistics there could be seevral divisions of war evterans fightion on Asia alongside the US troops.
what for? US had enough of it's own troops to do the job and having troops from country that also send troops to fight along Gemrany against Us ally would make things much more complicated than would be potential gains
Possibly why the offer was refused, if the story is true.
Got quotes from this site: http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/20thcentury/articles/spanishcivilwar.aspxThe Nationalists had the overt support of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Italy, while other European countries, and even the United States, gave covert support by giving a blind eye as many European and American based companies sold the Nationalists fuel, vehicles, and other needed materials. On the other hand, with the exception of Mexico and Russia, the outside world openly shunned the Republic.
Although communist parties did exist in Spain at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil war, they were relatively small in size and wielded varied amounts of influence. Once the war began, however, communism spread throughout the Republic held territories both in size and influence to the point where the communist party eventually held more sway than the Republic government. This essay will explore how the lack of support for the Spanish Republic by the world’s leading democratic nations directly led to the rapid growth of communism in 1936-1939 Spain.