 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaNationalist vakadzoka kuzotarisa pakutora kuchamhembe kweSpain. Ndege dzokuedza dzeGermany, dzine mienzaniso yazvino, dzakatarisana nechikamu chakatsauka cheBasque Escuadrilla vasca cheSpanish Republican Air Force. Kurwisa kukuru kwemuchadenga kubva ku200 Nationalist, ndege dzeGerman neItaly dzakashandiswa kure kumashure kwemitsetse yeBasque muna Nyamavhuvhu 1937, zvichitungamira kudonha kweSantander mushure meHondo yeSantandermusi wa1 September. Hondo yepamutemo muAsturias yakapera nekudonha kweGijón musi wa21 Gumiguru. Germany yakabva yatanga kutumira zvigadzirwa zveindasitiri yedunhu racho kudzokera kuGermany. Sperrle akapikisana kakawanda naFaupel, uye achipesana nechisimba cheHISMA. Faupel akatsiviwa naEberhard von Stohrer naFranco, kuburikidza naSperrle. Sperrle akadzokerawo kuGermany uye akatsiviwa naHelmuth Volkmann; zvichitevera kusawirirana naVolkmann, Von Richthofen aizotsiviwa naHermann Plocher pakutanga kwa1938. 