TY  - BOOK
N2  - "Was Franco sympathetic to Nazi Germany? Why didn't Spain enter World War II? In what ways did Spain collaborate with the Third Reich? To what extent did Spain assist Jewish refugees? This is the first book in any language to answer these intriguing questions. Stanley Payne, a leading historian of modern Spain, explores the full range of Franco's relationship with Hitler, from 1936 to the Fall of the Reich in 1945." "Whereas Payne investigates the evolving relationship of the two regimes up to the conclusion of World War II, his principal concern is the enigma of Spain's unique position during the war, as a semi-fascist country struggling to maintain a tortured neutrality. Why Spain did not enter the war as a German ally, joining Hitler to seize Gibraltar and close the Mediterranean to the British navy, is at the center of Payne's narrative. Franco's only personal meeting with Hitler, in 1940 to discuss precisely this, is recounted here in groundbreaking detail that also sheds significant new light on the Spanish government's vacillating policy toward Jewish refugees, on the Holocaust, and on Spain's German connection throughout the duration of the war."--Jacket.
AB  - "Was Franco sympathetic to Nazi Germany? Why didn't Spain enter World War II? In what ways did Spain collaborate with the Third Reich? To what extent did Spain assist Jewish refugees? This is the first book in any language to answer these intriguing questions. Stanley Payne, a leading historian of modern Spain, explores the full range of Franco's relationship with Hitler, from 1936 to the Fall of the Reich in 1945." "Whereas Payne investigates the evolving relationship of the two regimes up to the conclusion of World War II, his principal concern is the enigma of Spain's unique position during the war, as a semi-fascist country struggling to maintain a tortured neutrality. Why Spain did not enter the war as a German ally, joining Hitler to seize Gibraltar and close the Mediterranean to the British navy, is at the center of Payne's narrative. Franco's only personal meeting with Hitler, in 1940 to discuss precisely this, is recounted here in groundbreaking detail that also sheds significant new light on the Spanish government's vacillating policy toward Jewish refugees, on the Holocaust, and on Spain's German connection throughout the duration of the war."--Jacket.
T1  - Franco and Hitler :Spain, Germany, and World War II /
DA  - ©2008.
CY  - New Haven :
AU  - Payne, Stanley G.
CN  - D754.S6
CN  - D754.S6
PB  - Yale University Press,
PP  - New Haven :
PY  - ©2008.
ID  - 1387206
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
KW  - Diplomatic history.
KW  - Diplomatic relations.
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Außenpolitik
KW  - Tweede Wereldoorlog.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
SN  - 9780300122824
SN  - 0300122829
SN  - 9780300151220
SN  - 0300151225
TI  - Franco and Hitler :Spain, Germany, and World War II /
ER  -