Adolf Hitler vs Winston Churchill (Part 19)
Real Dictators
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Franco and Vichy France Are at War
Franco really has very little to gain by entering into an alliance with Nazi Germany at this point in the war. While the cost and the risks are enormous, it's really not that surprising that Franco decides against entering the war on Germany's site. If it had looked as if Germany was going to win the war anytime soon, it would have made strategic sense for Franco to join the war on the site of the Germans. In private, Franco was already put through a call to Petter, warning him of Hitler's antics. He reminds the French Marshal that he is a hero of the First World War. Don't let himself get pushed around by the little Austrian upstart. The very next
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