 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - mauto eGerman akashandawo muHondo yeJarama, iyo yakatanga nekurwisa kweNationalist musi wa6 Kukadzi 1937. Yaibatanidza mauto epasi akapihwa neGermany, kusanganisira mabhatiri maviri epfuti, rimwe divi ramatangi, uye zvombo zvinorwisa ndege zveCondor Legion. Kuputika kwakaitwa nezvose zviri zviviri ndege dzeRepublican neNationalist, kubatanidza Ju 52s kubva kuLegion, kwakabatsira kuvimbisa kukundikana. Yakaratidza kusakwana kwendege dzeLegion, dzakatarisana nevanorwisa veSoviet vakagadzirwa. Von Thoma akakumbira rutsigiro rworudzi rweIrish nokuda kwokufambira mberi kwamatangi pane imwe nguva, isingazombodzokororwi. Kushandiswa kweHe 51s neJu 52s, uye pfuti dzeLegion dzinorwisa ndege dzinoshandiswa mumabasa epasi, zvakangoderedza zvishoma kukundwa kwakakosha kwevaNationalists paHondo yeGuadalajaraMukati maMarch. Mukuru mukuru wechiItaly nechiGermany akanga aumbwa muna January 1937 kuti ape mazano kuna Franco mukuronga hondo. Kukundwa kwesimba rakakura reItaly uye kukura kweSoviet pamusoro pematangi nendege zvakaita kuti maGerman atsigire chirongwa chekusiya kurwisa kuMadrid uye panzvimbo pezvo kuisa hurongwa hwekurwisa munzvimbo dzisina kusimba dzinodzorwa neRepublican. Nepo nyika zhinji dzaidavira kuti mauto ane motokari akanga abvumikisa kuva asina kunyatsoshanda kupfuura zvaifungwa pakutanga, kusakwana kwevaItaly sesimba rokurwa kwakanga kuri pachena kuvaGermany. 