Aviazione Legionaria
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The Legionary Air Force was an expeditionary corps from the Italian Royal Air Force that was set up in 1936. It was sent to provide logistical and tactical support to the Nationalist faction after the
A pair of Fiat C.R.32s of the X Gruppo "Baleari"
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81s on a bombing raid
Corpo Truppe Volontarie
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The Corps of Volunteer Troops was a Fascist Italian expeditionary force of military volunteers, which was sent to Spain to support the Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco against the Spa
Aviazione Legionaria
…The corps and its Nazi German allies, the Condor Legion, fought against the Spanish Republic and provided support for the Italian ground troops of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie. They served from August 1936 to the end of the conflict, in March 1939. Their main base of operations was on Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands. At the…
Republican propaganda poster against "the claw of the Italian invader".
Italian tankettes advancing with a flame thrower tank in the lead at the Battle of Guadalajara.