Planes of the Spanish Civil War

Airbrush Illustration by Les Still

Planes of the Spanish Civil War

Nationalist

Following the assassination of the right-wing leader, Calvo Sotello, on 13 July 1936, military garrisons in Spain and Morocco under the control of right-wing National Socialists, rose in revolt against the government. The ensuing Spanish Civil War of 1936-9 served to lay bare the international political alignments of Europe and despite an international non-intervention policy, Germany, Italy, Russia and to a lesser extent France (early) supplied aircraft, military equipment and 'advisors'.