Spain joins the axis and looses. What happens to it?

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Does Spain only attack Gibraltar or does it also invade and occupy Portugal? If it did the later then it would be having to keep thousands of troops occupying Portugal. The portuguese government would of been able to escape to Açores with British help.

If it invaded Portugal then war reparations would of been demanded. Olivença, part or all of Galicia and Gulf of Guinea islands (Fernando Po snd Abanon) if not mainland Spanish Guinea. Even Ceuta is fair game.
 
Does Spain only attack Gibraltar or does it also invade and occupy Portugal? If it did the later then it would be having to keep thousands of troops occupying Portugal. The portuguese government would of been able to escape to Açores with British help. ...

The Spanish were divided on that. There was a group who for some reason/s thought annexing Portugal was a good idea. Why I'm not clear on. Possibly those who wanted to restore the power & property of the Catholic Church in Portugal. Some businessmen may have coveted Portugals small mineral wealth, & residual imperialist may have coveted Portugals empire. Others thought it a terrible idea and would not take it seriously. IIRC Franco was in the later group, tho he had to paper t the first group rhetoric to hold his coalition together. the Spanish army did keep a updated staff study/[lan for invading Portugal.

The Portuguese war plan was to make any invasion as costly as possible, while evacuating the government to the Azores, then elsewhere for the long term. It appears the colonies could support the government, and military for a extended period. Salazar groups seem to have expected such a event to make them fully a client of the British empire.
 
Actually the father of Juan Carlos, Don Juan is alive in 1941. The reason he was passed over for his son was that he was deemed too liberal in Franco’s eyes. In this situation a restored monarchy in the person of Don Juan is a better option for Spain than an unstable republic.
I agree. Don Juan, Aka Count of Barcelona, a liberal prince with a young four year old son and heir (Juan Carlos was born in 1937) and after the death of the ex-King Alfonso XIII in 1941 he was the Monarchy stand bearer, he may be a more acceptable head of state for a post World War II Spain than any Falangist, or a Republican who may still have the taste of Socialism in their souls.
 
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