Resumen de Strategic approaches adopted by the British and French in the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War from July 1936 through April 1939 was a testing ground for the “policy of appeasement” that Britain and France practiced after the I World War in order to pursue their own national interests, while avoiding a major confrontation with Germany and Italy.
Yet, the Spanish civil war proved to become a high setback in the mutual understanding among the great European powers. The rise of fascism and Nazism had placed the United Kingdom and France in a delicate position to take sides without further traumatisms. However, the strategy that both powers held, for reasons analysed in this paper, yet not totally coincident were very alike as they fitted in which is known as the “policy of appeasement”.
Initially the Appeasement strategy of both countries is scrutinized to further continue analysing the main core features of their strategic approaches following the principles of the strategy making pattern, end-ways-means, to finally set forth some conclusions.
