Where did Neutral Spain fight in WWII?

Where did Neutral Spain fight in WWII?

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The Blue Division was the Spanish volunteer unit of the German Army.
Like the Russians they would seldom take prisoners. This gave rise for Munoz-Grandes to call them his “ Bridegrooms of Death “ and even their battle cry was “ Viva la Muerte “ or “ Long Live Death “.


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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
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Sources:
Littlejohn, David, Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, Vol. 2, San Jose, 1987
Scurr, John, H. Richard, Germany’s Spanish Volunteers 1941-1945, Oxford, 1980
Jurado, C. Caballero, Blue Division Soldier 1941-1945, New York, 2009



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