The reasons for this change in attitude seem rather complicated. In the first place it is admitted in Berlin political quarters that the Third Reich wishes to send a warning to the demoeraeies on the eve of the conclusion of the tripartite agreement. Nazi leaders seem to be saying: "Having fought Bolshevism in Spain, we are prepared to fight it anywhere else with similar energy". The glorification of the German and Italian campaign also constitutes a move destined to impress the smaller states who might refit from "aid from the Soviets or ites linked with the Soviets".
Secondly, the glorification of the deeds accomplished by German soldiers in Spain is destined to prove the efficiency of the German war machine.
A further reason is believed to be the desire to furnish some sort of compensation for the withdrawal either voluntary or involuntary of the foreign combatants from Spain by stressing the brotherhood in arms between the axis and Nationalist Spain.
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