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Buckeye Valley News And Buckeye Review
Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona
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In Spain, General Franco masses a million-man army at Salamanca for a spring offensive to end the civil war by driving to the Mediterranean from Aragon, dividing government territory. Rumor: Britain may recognize Mussolini's Ethiopia conquest if he withdraws Italian troops from Spain.
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Dispatches from Salamanca, headquarters of the Spanish rebels, said General Franco was getting together an army of a million men and planned a spring offensive that would end the bloody civil war.
Military observers believed his main effort would be directed toward a drive to the Mediterranean coast from the south Aragon front above Teruel. This would effectually divide the territory now held by the government.
It may be that Franco will lose his Italian "volunteers," for London had a rumor that the British cabinet was considering a secret agreement with Mussolini by which Britain would recognize the Duce's conquest of Ethiopia if he would withdraw his troops from Spain.
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Foreign News Details
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Salamanca, Spain
Event Date
Spring
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planned offensive to end civil war and divide government territory; rumor of italian troop withdrawal in exchange for british recognition of ethiopia conquest
Event Details
Dispatches from Salamanca reported General Franco assembling a million-man army for a spring offensive to end the Spanish civil war, targeting a drive to the Mediterranean from the south Aragon front above Teruel to divide government-held territory. Military observers anticipated this main effort. A London rumor suggested the British cabinet might agree with Mussolini to recognize Ethiopia's conquest if he withdraws Italian volunteers from Spain.