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Italy in World War II (view source)
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On the outbreak of the [[Spanish Civil War]], Mussolini backed General [[Francisco Franco]] and his Nationalist forces and during the first three months of the fighting sent 90 Italian aircraft and modernized the cruiser "Canaris".
On the outbreak of the [[Spanish Civil War]], Mussolini backed General [[Francisco Franco]] and his Nationalist forces and during the first three months of the fighting sent 90 Italian aircraft and modernized the cruiser "Canaris".
During the Spanish Civil War, Italy sent 80,000 men, of whom almost 6,000 belonged to the [[Regia Aeronautica]] (''RA'' or Italian Air Force), 45,000 to the army and 29,000 to the Black shirts. Italy also supplied 1,800 artillery guns, 1,400 mortars, 3,400 machine-guns, 6,800 motor vehicles, 157 tanks, 213 bombers and 414 fighters.
==Balkans==
==Balkans==