International Involvement - Germany - Vizcaya Campaign, March-June 1937

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What was the aim of the Vizcaya Campaign?

Rather than trying to take Madrid, which was difficult and unsuccessful, Franco turned his attention to northern Spain, particularly Asturias and the Basque Country. He hoped:
  1. These would be easier to take than Madrid
  2. Their valuable resources and industries would strengthen the Nationalists

What international support was there in the Vizcaya Campaign?

  • German Condor Legion:
  • 1937: included newly developed aircraft that were superior to Republican

What did the Vizcaya Campaign show international support had helped the Nationalists to achieve?

Unlike Republican aerial supremacy, shown with the Battle of Madrid in 1936, 1937 demonstrated Nationalist aerial supremacy
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What were the main actions of the Vizcaya Campaign?

  • March 1937: aerial bombing raids on cities of Ochandiano and Durango; with hundreds of civilians killed
  • After, Nationalists occupied with little resistance

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