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The Kriegsmarine in the SCW. First movements.
Numerous merchant ships were placed under the orders of Admiral Carls to ensure the repatriation of the German citizens surprised by the conflict in Spain such as Monte Sarmiento, Bessel, Bellona, Hermes, Wigbert, Saturn, Hansa, Hamburg among others, in total were 27 units. Simultaneously contacts with the national side were developed, for example on August 3, 1936 during a stopover of Deutschland in Ceuta, General Franco had breakfast on board invited by Admiral Carls.
Meanwhile, at the international level, the situation continued to evolve, and on August 1, President Blum launched a call for no intervention in Spain. On August 4, Hitler sent Admiral Canaris to Italy to meet General Roatta, while the first Italian freighter arrived in Melilla on August 3 with 3,000 tons of weapons and ammunition. A second arrived on August 14 with 12 fighters and a third arrived on August 23 to Vigo with 3,000 tons of aviation fuel. On August 23, the Prince of Hesse met with Mussolini to propose the sending of liaison officers to the national side and on August 26, Ciano informed General Roatta about the Italian-German agreement to send a joint mission to Spain.
Meanwhile in meetings held between August 19 and 24, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy and Portugal approved the Principle of Non-intervention to which 27 countries adhered in a short time; This committee took its first measure already on September 8. However, at sea the situation did not improve for the nationals since the bulk of the Spanish fleet (one battleship, three cruisers, six destroyers and 12 submarines) remained in the hands of the Republican side.
Despite all the precautions taken by the Germans, on August 4 the Republican destroyer Almirante Valdés shelled for 45 minutes the freighter Sevilla leaving Larache, although she managed to get to Tangier without damage. On August 7 the Usaramo was intercepted by the same destroyer and had to enter Lisbon. On August 19 the freighter Kamerun was intercepted by the submarine B-2 and shelled by the cruiser Libertad and also headed to Lisbon. On August 22, the same thing happened to the vessel Lahneck when she was intercepted by the submarine C-1.
On August 28 Hitler authorized the participation of troops in combat and on August 31 Oberstleutnant Varlimont was detached to Spain (via Rome) with the mission of:
- Verify all Wehrmacht assistance to the national side.
- Advise the Spanish command.
- Enforce German interests
- Work with the Italians in Spain.
From this point on, the Italian-German military collaboration began, who clearly had taken the initiative.
Source: Kriegsmarine and the Spanish War. rhn 14.
Cheers. Raúl M

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