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...Italy, Dictator Mussolini left no doubt in anybody's mind that Barcelona's fall was a Fascist triumph and a French defeat. Prominently published was a wire from Generalissimo Franco: "I am grateful for the brilliant effort of the Italian troops who will receive the laurel of triumph with their Spanish comrades in Barcelona. . . . As General and a Spaniard, I am proud to number among my troops the magnificent [Italian] blackshirts...
Some Deputies on the Right welcomed the Fascist intervention in Spain, believed that Socialism on the south was a greater danger than Fascism. They were the peace-at-any-price party. On the Left, ardent Socialists and Communists wanted intervention at any price. In the Centre, holding the balance of power, were M. Daladier's Radical Socialists, who subscribed, temporarily at least, to a peace-at-almost-any-price program...
...fascist triumph in Catalonia appears to be beyond question. ... It seems to me sure that the Spanish tragedy will end its days of active war very soon...
...morning of Barcelona's capture, Radio Barcelona warned the approaching Rebels that the "city will be defended inch by inch, house by house, street by street." This bold talk reminded the world that Barcelona had smashed the local Fascist uprising in July 1936 with speed and vigor not duplicated anywhere else in Spain. The revolutionary Anarchists, Communists and Socialists-who had learned their discipline and their politics in the only large industrial centre in the country-proceeded to clear Catalonia of Franco forces and chase them half way across Aragon...
Italy. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, said Adolf Hitler, are strong enough to resist any coalition against them. In a direct slap at France he added that "If war is waged against Italy for any reason whatever it will see Germany and Italy side by side. . . . Nazi Germany knows what her fate would be if the international powers succeeded in defeating Italy. . . . Those who belittle the Italian Army were refuted by the Ethiopian campaign...