Spain (Central Victory)

Role in the First World War
Spain was neutral the entire war and made no contributions to it or the belligerents. The reason for this was the country was so unstable. The monarchy was in freefall and was on verge of complete collapse the entire early 20th Century.

Interwar Years
The monarchy in Spain did fall and the Second Spanish Republic was declared. But the country was still in extreme political unrest. And as Fascism grew in Italy, the same ideas came into power in Spain. Unrest built until finally full civil war broke out in Spain.

The Spanish Republic was in full Civil War until 1939. Nationalists lead by Francisco Franco made an alliances with Italy. Italy entered the war and aided the Nationalists and brought the war to an end in early 1939.

The war's end brought stability to Spain under an Authoritarian government that made a formal alliance with Italy and later with Japan.