So when World War II started Spain directly became part of the axis alliance, but Franco’s strategy pursued a long-term political agenda rather than immediate battlefield objectives. So when Mussolini and Hitler started to negotiate Spain’s entrance in the War, Franco backed out since. Hitler kept on trying to make Spain part of the war but Franco told him that Spain had to concentrate on reconstruction and avoid foreign ambitions for the time being since the nation was too weak to go to the battlefield, and that it would not be ready to face any further war for five years, a remarkably optimistic
So when World War II started Spain directly became part of the axis alliance, but Franco’s strategy pursued a long-term political agenda rather than immediate battlefield objectives. So when Mussolini and Hitler started to negotiate Spain’s entrance in the War, Franco backed out since. Hitler kept on trying to make Spain part of the war but Franco told him that Spain had to concentrate on reconstruction and avoid foreign ambitions for the time being since the nation was too weak to go to the battlefield, and that it would not be ready to face any further war for five years, a remarkably optimistic