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Jun 12, 2006 · Uncategorized. They Flew for Franco: German Condor Legion’s Tactical Air Power. During the Spanish Civil War, a group of German pilots that became known as the Condor Legion honed their hunting skills in Spain's skies. by Walter A. Musciano 6/12/20067/18/2021. A Condor Legion Heinkel He-111B unloads its deadly cargo during the Spanish Civil War.
The Condor Legion (German: Legion Condor) was a unit of military personnel [ nb 1 ] from the air force and army of Nazi Germany ’s Wehrmacht which served with the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War. The legion developed methods of strategic bombing that were used widely during the Second World War.
A German Heinkel He 111E medium bomber of the Condor Legion. The Condor Legion also took part in the Battle of Brunete. [82] The Legion was sent from the north to reinforce the broken line. [83] There were repeated raids on Spanish Republican Army armoured vehicles and later defensive positions by both bombers and fighters based at Salamanca. [84]
May 25, 2015 · The History Learning Site, 25 May 2015. 10 Oct 2024. The Condor Legion was sent to Spain by Adolf Hitler to support General Franco’s Nationalist movement. The Condor Legion is most famed for its attack on Guernica and few doubt that Hitler’s primary purpose in sending the Condor Legion to Spain was to assess how well his new aircraft ...
Sep 27, 2006 · The other volunteers. Stories of young men drawn to Spain to fight Franco have been told countless times. But Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of a call to arms for the lesser-known fascist volunteers - including many from the British Isles. The liberation of Toledo's Alcazar on 27 September 1936 is one of the most symbolic occasions in the ...
Aug 4, 2020 · Scrupulously researched and rich in details, Michael Alpert’s Franco and the Condor Legion: The Spanish Civil War in the Air is a solid contribution to the study of this famous flying and tank unit...
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Feb 1, 2013 · The Condor Legion. Emissaries from Gen. Francisco Franco met with German leader Adolf Hitler just before midnight on July 26, 1936, part way through the Wagner festival at Bayreuth, Germany. Hitler, always stirred by Wagnerian opera, was in a buoyant mood after a performance of “Siegfried” when he received the visitors that night.
