Segunda guerra mundial
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Hitler had been in power for four years
and his troops were already invading Europe.
The civil war in Spain
was a dress rehearsal for World War II.
A war that the civilians took part in from the air.
A war of technology and terror
Indiscriminate killing and mass atrocity.
Volunteer German troops fought alongside Franco's fascist army
to overthrow the Republican people that the people had chosen.
Among them was Cullen Claus Hamburg.
Spain
a wonderful country
I am proud to help you on your release from the red hordes
so you can fight with Germany and Italy
against Bolshevism that is undermining the basis of Europe.
People from around the world voluntarily enlisted
to defend the Republican government and defeat fascism.
The Welsh communist Peint Bill wrote:
"When you see this you understand the true meaning of war.
You realize that fascists should be destroyed
because they are a terrible threat to France and England. "
In 1939
Franco and his fascist allies were victorious.
The democracies of the United States and England had failed to intervene
and the opportunity to challenge Fascism had disappeared.
A new order threatened the world.