Could Spain have had any meaningful impact on WW2? Could the

Spain had been utterly RAVAGED by a three year long full scale civil war, not to mention that even prior to such conflict Spain was an UNDEVELOPED agrarian backwater with barely any industry. Lastly, the Spanish standing army had been split and atomised during the first stages of the the civil war save for the colonial troops and the Legion.

>>2695200
>Could Spain have had any meaningful impact on WW2?
Theoretically, yes. While Spain's armed forces aren't likely to make much of a difference directly, letting the Germans hit Gibraltar would let the Italian fleet out into the main shipping lanes of the Atlantic and be quite significant. It still probably wouldn't be enough to turn the tide of the war though.

>>2695200
unlike italians, spaniards can actually fight so yes

>>2695200
Only because of some key Strategic locations. They wouldn't have helped that much in manpower and equipment.

>>2695200
No.
It would have dragged the Axis and it wouldn't even have served as escape route for the nazi generals after the war.

>>2695200
Spain is to WW2 Germany that Belgium is to WW2 (and WW1) France, so no, they would have been a liability...just like the Italians.

>>2695200
by atacking Gibraltar? Yes
by being part of the supply line for the Afrikakorps? Maybe

Maybe in the early parts of the war where troop/supply movement in the Western Mediterranean was vital (see Operation Torch).

Once the allies had control of NW Africa it's not clear how Spain could have helped substantially.

>>2695299
>atacking Gibraltar
...and they would have done it too if not for that traitor Canaris talking Franco out of it.

>Canaris advised Franco not to permit German passage through Spain for the purpose of capturing Gibraltar.[49] Arguments used by Franco to counter Hitler's demands for German access to Spanish territory were influenced directly by Canaris, who met with a number of Franco's top advisors. Franco's position at Hendaye was greatly influenced by Canaris.[50] Additionally, a significant sum of money ($10 million) was deposited by the British at Churchill's urging in Swiss accounts for Franco and his generals to maintain their neutrality.[51]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Canaris#Interwar_years

>>2695251
What did he mean by this?