During the conflict, the German warship Admiral Scheer visited Gibraltar. This pocket battleship formed part of the International Control naval units set up during the Spanish Civil War by the European powers as a coastal control system to discourage the entry of foreign combatants.
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The Convoy de la Victoria ("Convoy of Victory") was a Spanish naval battle on 5 August 1936 in the Strait of Gibraltar during the Spanish Civil War, ...
The social conflict which existed during the months leading to the Spanish Civil War would make its way into Gibraltar because here too there were people who ...
Gibraltar was besieged and heavily bombarded during three wars between Britain and Spain but the attacks were repulsed on each occasion. By the end of the last ...
Nov 23, 2018 · Gibraltar was captured by a joint British/Dutch fleet in the name of the Habsburg claimant to the Spanish throne during the Spanish Imperial ...
The Nazis and their Spanish allies initially seemed to have the advantage in the secret war for Gibraltar. However, the British were able to use the "Double ...
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This book explores how British authorities in Gibraltar ostensibly initiated a formal policy of neutrality when the uprising took place, only for the ...
Hispanglia's first session analyses British interference in the Spanish Civil War, since both directly from Great Britain and through its colony of Gibraltar, ...
Feb 24, 2017 · From 1938, the Chamberlain government initiated a strengthening of Gibraltar's land, sea and air defences against possible attack from what was ...
GIBRALTAR, 1935. TAKEN AT THE START OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. THIS SHIP, THE "MIGUEL DE CERVANTES" HAD BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE COMMUNISTS AND CAME INTO ...