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Originally Posted by desal75
The Luftwaffe and other parts of the German military actually used the Spanish Civil War as a kind of warm up for WW2.
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As did the Soviets. There was a very heavy Soviet presence on the Republican side, and the NKVD (later the KGB) was very active all across Spain. Interestingly enough, lots of the NKVD operatives were called back in the midst of the war to be purged, and there were several defectors who made it out, including a general who defected to the US and lived here until he died in the late 90's.