ABSTRACT
On April 1, 1939 General Francisco Franco triumphantly entered Madrid, the war-ravaged capital of Spain, and declared end of the Spanish Civil War. Though various treaties were signed, Adolf Hitler and Franco never concluded a formal alliance but their liaison certainly came to resemble a state of alliance. The Franco regime survived the postwar ostracism of the international community as it had survived its dalliance with the Nazis. Hitler was to be grossly disappointed as Franco made clear that German concessions must be made prior to a military alliance with the Axis. Franco never entered into a formal military alliance with Nazi Germany. The fact that Hitler condoned the signing of substantial contracts demonstrated the importance of wolfram to the Fuhrer, not, his belief that a military alliance with Spain was likely to happen. Yet, despite his stance, Franco, merely “punished” with a short period of international ostracism in the second half of 1940s, survived his dalliance with Hitler.
