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• Germany saw the Spanish Civil War as a testing ground for WW2.
• The Nationalists received almost double the amount of aircraft as the Republicans (1300 airplanes). Franco's airforce was almost as big as the British RAF.
• While German and Italian increased supplies during the war, the Soviet Union's supplies decreased.
• German commanders of the Condor Legion helped develop new tactics, such as new fighter formations.
• For the Nationalists, aircraft played a large role in sinking ships. Italian and German aircraft sunk 115 Republican and 51 foreign merchant ships.
• Although Mexico sent arms to the Republicans, their arms industry was very small.