 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 17 July 1936, Francisco Franco nemamwe masimba eSpain Nationalist vakatanga kupandukira Spain yeRepublican iyo yaizotora makore matatu, inonzi Spanish Civil War. Franco akanga ane chokwadi chokuti aizokwanisa kuwana rubatsiro rweGermany neItaly nokuda kweNational Faction yake, achitumira nhume musi wa20 July kuti aite izvi. Zvose zviri zviviri zvirokwazvo zvakavimbisa tsigiro, zvichitumira Corpo Truppe Volontarie inobva Italy neLegión Cóndor inobva kuNazi Germany, pamwe chete nezvombo nendege. Mussolini akanga akazvipira zvikuru, pakupedzisira achitumira varume 37 000 nenhamba huru yendege kuti ave nechokwadi chokuti iyi nhimbe yokurwisa chikomonisiti yaizobudirira. Mapepanhau okumwe kwenyika akatanga kumanikidza Mussolini apo mauto eItaly akakundwa zvikuru paGuadalajara, izvo zvakaita kuti Mussolini atumire mauto chaiwo panzvimbo pemapoka ehondo kuti arwe muSpain, pakupedzisira achiparadza upfumi hweItaly pamutengo wehondo iyo Mussolini aifunga kuti yaizopera chero zuva. Hondo iyi yakavhiringidzawo Italy, ichibvumira Germany kuti iite kubatanidzwa kweAustria neAnschluss, danho ringave rakanga risingazivikanwi pakati pemasimba maviri, nekuda kwekubatana kweAustria neFascist Italy. Hondo yacho yaifanira kuva nzvimbo yokurovedza yezvombo zveItaly, nguva inokwanisa yokugadzirisa zvinokanganiswa muhurongwa, asi Italy yakapfuurira muHondo yeNyika II kushandisa nzira imwe cheteyo kare kare, kusiyana nemaitiro matsva ehondo yeGermany. 