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Throughout World War II, Spanish diplomats of the Franco government extended their protection to Eastern European Jews, especially in Hungary. Jews claiming Spanish ancestry were provided with Spanish documentation without being required to prove their case and either left for Spain or survived the war with the help of their new legal status in ...
The Spanish Navy, officially the Armada, is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation, the most famous being the discovery of America and the first global circumnavigation .
Nuestra Señora del Triunfo was a Lealtad-class frigate screw frigate with a wooden hull.She had three masts and a bowsprit.She displaced 3,200 tons. [1] She was 70 metres (229 ft 8 in) long, 14 metres (45 ft 11 in) in beam, 7.33 metres (24 ft 1 in) in depth, and 6.16 metres (20 ft 3 in) in draft. [1]
Following the destruction of much of the Spanish fleet in the Spanish–American War in 1898, Spain slowly began to rebuild its navy. In the early 20th century, the Spanish Navy built three battleships and planned several more; the three ships that were completed were the vessels of the España class .
Spain and its colonies during the Spanish Republic (1931-1939) Republican sailors playing musical instruments on board battleship Jaime I, Almería, February 1937. The seaplane carrier Dédalo Submarine rescue ship Kanguro and Spanish submarine C-3 at Cartagena naval base before the submarine was sunk by German submarine U-34 Cruiser Emperador Carlos V was no longer in active service during ...
Dédalo (Spanish for Daedalus) was the first Spanish aircraft carrier and the second aviation ship in the Spanish Navy (after the seaplane tender and balloon ship Dédalo that took part in the landings at Al Hoceima in 1925). She remained the fleet's flagship until Príncipe de Asturias replaced her.
During World War II she took part in the search for survivors from the Bismarck in May 1941. [3] Canarias sailing to be scrapped in 1977 The propeller of Canarias on display in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2020. The cruiser remained in commission (due to several repair and refit periods) as the fleet flagship throughout her career.
The 250th Infantry Division (German: 250. Infanterie-Division), better known as the Blue Division (Spanish: División Azul, German: Blaue Division), was a unit of volunteers from Francoist Spain operating from 1941 to 1943 within the German Army (Heer) on the Eastern Front during World War II.