10h 52min, dec 25, 1936 y - AIM: To distract western diplomats from central European affairs with a long Spanish civil war ('a smokescreen'). WHAT HAPPENED: The Spanish civil war did last for three years and during this time HItler was able to successfully invade Czechoslovakia and have Anschluss.
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10h 52min, dec 25, 1936 y
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