The outbreak of the civil war in Spain shrouded all European countries in a fog of war.

Although it seems to be only Spain's internal affairs, most of the country's top leaders know that behind Spain are two major military blocs, led by the Franco-Austrian Alliance and the German-Italian Entente.

Just like the sensational Sarajevo incident at the time, if the two major military blocs interfere excessively in Spain's internal affairs, it is likely to lead to a series of incidents, and even ignite a war between the two military blocs.

War is something that no one wants to see, and because of this, a large number of French people have taken to the streets to demand that the government not get involved in the Spanish civil war, and not let the Spanish civil war become the lead to the next superwar, just like the Sarajevo incident.

In fact, it is not once or twice that the French have shot their own government in this way. For the French, using a parade to intimidate the government is like an event that takes place every once in a while.

As for whether their marches and demands will affect the country's diplomatic strategy to a certain extent, all this seems so insignificant in the face of war.

For the French, they can do it if they can avoid a war like the one that broke out like the superwar 20 years ago, even by removing the current government outright.

A large number of French people took to the streets, holding up banners of all kinds, all of which read "We need peace, we don't want war!" slogan.

These marching French took to the streets of Paris and succeeded in attracting the attention of the French government.

For French President Albert Lebrun, this could not be better. The demands of the French people are completely consistent with his opinions, which also symbolizes the current mainstream ideology in France, that is, the main peace.

For French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier, it was not so rosily. Édouard Daladier's attempt to absolve himself of responsibility in this incident was, in the eyes of the French public, evidence of Édouard Daladier's support for the war.

Faced with this man who was trying to drag France back into the super-war, the French shouted angrily and demanded that President Albert immediately remove Prime Minister Edward.

Such an outcome was not expected by Chancellor Edward, nor by President Albert.

But it is somewhat unclear whether there was a Germany and Italy behind it.

Anyway, for the French people now, they really don't want to see war, and they really hate the politicians who try to push France and all French people into the abyss of war.

Knowing the popular opinion, President Albert laughed, and laughed loudly.

In this power struggle between the president and the prime minister, he successfully took the lead. And his rival, Prime Minister Edward, will no longer be able to compete with President Albert for the right to govern, even if he can retain the premiership with the help of Congress.

Because the will of the people has already decided, it is impossible for France at this time to become the main war faction, and the main war faction is bound to be suppressed in France.

October 7, 1934, more than half a month after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

French President Albert held a public meeting, at which he promised all the domestic and foreign media and the French people that France would never take the initiative to let itself go to war, and that the French government longed for peace and stability.

I don't know how the French people reacted to President Albert's speech, but at this time, the rulers of Germany and Italy looked very satisfied with the expressions on their faces.

Unlike France's domestic environment, Germany and Italy, which are plagued by economic crises, have a domestic ideology yearning for war.

In other words, under the influence of the two more extreme rulers, the opinions of their governments are moving in the direction of external expansion and diversion of domestic contradictions.

It is unrealistic that there is no shadow of the great powers behind the Spanish Civil War.

In other words, the Spanish Republic, led by Germany and Italy, was the most important reason why it had to fight a war to resolve its internal contradictions.

Long before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the extremist Spanish Phalangists had long since established contact with Germany and Italy, and even received strong support from Germany and Italy.

They were able to wage a civil war, quickly grasp the Spanish colonies, and cross the Strait of Gibraltar to conquer Spain proper, thanks to the support of Italy.

Italy provided a large number of weapons and equipment for the Falangists, and these weapons and equipment also allowed the Spanish Falangists to arm a large number of troops to have the strength to compete with the Spanish government.

And now, apparently when the time comes to reap the fruits, will Germany and Italy abandon Spain, a worthy ally, for the benefit of the French?

What's more, Spain's geographical location is also very important for Germany and Italy. As a country bordering the Mediterranean, whoever controls Spain in the two major military blocs will have a higher say in the Mediterranean.

Moreover, Spain is France's southern neighbor, and Spain's army can also threaten the French mainland. Once Spain became an ally of Germany and Italy, France would also face the situation of Germany during World War I, which was forced to fight on two or even three fronts.

In this way, no matter how large the French army is, even if France has a huge colony as a resource supplement, it is destined to be consumed in the third-line battle, and finally has to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.

Rome, Italy, 9 October 1934.

"Guys, we can't give up our ally, Spain. They are facing a civil war, and our allies are going to crush the rotten government and give the Spanish people a new lease on life.

As a promise to our allies, Italy will support our allies at all costs. I announced that Italy would form a Spanish Volunteer Army to recruit the same peace-loving Italians to help Spain fight.

Second, our planes will transport supplies for Spain, ensuring that our allies can prevail in this civil war. Everyone, let's take action! For the sake of Italy, we may have to confront the French and even start a war with the French.

But for the sake of the country, it was all worth it. If I can die on the battlefield for Italy, then I will die without regrets! ”

With Mussolini's order, the Italian government and army quickly moved to collect batches of military supplies, which were then transported to Spain by various types of aircraft.

It is worth mentioning that because the previous Australasian transport aircraft was sold to the public, the research and development of transport aircraft in various countries has also made good progress.

For example, the size of the Italian plane, although not as large as that of Australasia, could have been able to continuously transport supplies to the Falangists in this Spanish Civil War.

As for Mussolini's reference to the volunteer army sent to Spain, it was just a change of name for the Italian army.

On the surface, it was the Italian people who spontaneously formed a volunteer army to help Spain win the civil war, but in fact, all the members of the volunteer army were elite Italian soldiers.

Not to mention the combat effectiveness of the Italian army, under Mussolini, the efficiency of the actions of the Italian army was still very fast.

On the third day of the order, on October 12, an army of about 14,000 men, the size of a division, traveled to Spain on various transport planes.

In order to ensure efficiency, the transportation of this army relies entirely on aircraft. If warships were to be used, it would still take several days to get from Italy to Spain.

After all, the east coast of Spain is controlled by the Republic, and it will take a while to get to the west coast controlled by the Falangists.

But if you use airplanes, you won't have to worry so much. Italian planes only had to pass through the small half of the Mediterranean Sea and then through the area controlled by the Spanish Republic to easily reach the area where the Falangists were located.

As for whether there will be danger when passing through the area of the Spanish Republic, it depends on whether the Spanish Republic has the courage to go to war with Italy.

In fact, the fact that Italy did this does not mean that they did not take into account that Spain would take action against Italian planes.

But this is precisely the Italian government's machination. Knowing that the Italian planes were full of supplies destined for the rebels, did the Government of the Italian Republic have the guts to shoot down these planes?

You know, all of these planes are official Italian aircraft. If these planes were to be shot down, it would be tantamount to declaring war on Italy.

In this way, Italy had sufficient reason to directly intervene in the Spanish civil war, which would be a devastating blow to Spain.

Unless Spain can also co-opt another great power into the civil war, which is basically impossible. Because of public opinion at home, France is almost about to remove the prime minister of the main war faction.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for France to directly ignite a war with Italy or even with Germany for the sake of a Spain.

And France's ally, the Austrian Empire, was itself caught between Germany and Italy in the north and south, so it was naturally impossible for France to enter the war alone when France was not acting.

As a result, the only countries in Europe that could help the Spanish Republic were the British Empire, which appeared to be powerful but whose foreign policy was far from Europe.

It was also because of the foreign policy of the British Empire that it was difficult for them to directly help Spain against Italy.

This also represents the fact that the government of the Spanish Republic did not have the courage to shoot down Italian planes, even though it knew that the Italian planes in the sky were transporting their enemies and their supplies.

As long as they don't tear their skins, they will only deal with the rebels with the help of Italy. But if they tear their faces with Italy, what they will deal with will be a double fight between the rebels and Italy.

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