Why Wasn't Spain One of the Axis Powers in World War II?

Given the ideology and help Spain's dictator, Francisco Franco, had received during the Spanish Civil War, it remains somewhat of a mystery to many why he did not repay his debt to Germany and Italy and join the Axis during the Second World War.

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[zeknight]

Germany: you good bro wanna join

Spain: no thanks

Japan: can I join?

[johnrichardson]

Why didn't spain join the axis. Its simple really they had went through a civil war and had no time to recover. Even if you were on the wining side a country can only take on so much war.

[kennandunn]

short answer: War is expensive, and Spain just got out of one.

[tommyvercetti]

I just wanna thank you for actually putting effort on pronouncing Spanish names.

[BluestSoldier]

Spain in the19th - 20th century:
1808: French invasion
1830: Loss of most American colonies.
1833-1890: Lots of ineffective governments with 3 civil wars
1898:Loss of Cuba and Philippines. The country is totally depressed and angry.
1920-1926: Rif war. Spanish army struggles to win and shows its weakness.
1923-1930: Dictatorship by Primo de Rivera
1931-1936: 2nd spanish republic
1936-1939: Civil War

We had lost most of our influence in the course of 130 years and we were broken by wars and ineffective goverments. Basically, joining ww2 would've made Spain explode again.

[tombowers]

Germany: Spain, you have to fight, you owe us $200, 000, 000.

Spain: Not if you die first.

[linkven]

"They will NOT accept

We need at least one more positive than negative reason for acceptance. We currently have: -196

Base Reluctance: -20
Nationalist Spain has strategic reasons to be friendly to the German Reich: +4
Spanish opinion of the German Reich: +20
Recovering from Civil War: -200"

[ZolidSnakeSS]

spain was too busy recovering from war with itself.

[xeroxsaw]

You didn’t mention that republicans, when exiled, went to fight against the nazis
Actually the first troops to re-enter Paris were actually spanish

[VERUMCHESS]

1940: Spain has joined the chat
1942: Spain has left the chat

[KingBidenII]

Spain : I’m playing both sides, so I always come out on top

[muskatDR]

"...Spain was playing realliy tacticly"
Italy: Thats my boy!

[jubisvaldo]

National Spirit: Recovering from civil war




Edit: i didnt expect anyone to understand the reference but i was playing HOI4 as Germany by the time this video went online, so i just needed to coment

[rodrigoalmendro]

The catalan flag is wrong, that's the independent "flag", the real one doesen't have the blue and the star

[shikikankillzone]

German Reich: _Yo mate, I'm putting together a team, wanna join?_

Spain: _Sure, but I'm kinda busy right now. I'll have an answer by tomorrow, hopefully_

*Last seen: 76 years ago*

[ShadowAkatora]

Franco is like that one friend you help move houses, but then when you need his help moving he just makes excuses.

[clementkong]

You left out a key reason: Spain had just finished fighting a civil war and was in no shape to involve itself with WW2.

[breadskii]

When you switch sides twice but everybody talks about italy:

Sad señor noises

[joaKING_IV]

Porque acabábamos de salir de una guerra civil, es una respuesta que se sabe. Nadie está preparado para una guerra cuando faltan: Alimentos, medicinas, soldados...

[potatojo]

everyone: Italy switched sides SO many times by know.


Spain: i'm gonna do something that's called a pro gamer move