Legion Condor

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Legion Condor

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Post by Szczerbiec » 29 Nov 2003, 18:20

We all heard about Blau Division, but what exactly was Legion Condor?

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Post by Javier Acuña » 30 Nov 2003, 07:05

Legion Condor was a squad of Luftwaffe officials which aided Franco in the Spanish Civil War. The first planes sent by Hitler to help Franco arrived in 1936 and stayed in Spain up until 1939 after forming the "Legión Condor" in the wake of open war in Spain, with the arrival of the "Brigadas Internacionales" and weapons from the Soviet Union

It was the unit responsible for the Guernica Bombing.


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Post by Szczerbiec » 30 Nov 2003, 15:56

I understand, so Legion Condor officials were Germans not Spainiards.

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Post by nublu » 30 Nov 2003, 21:36

Legion Condor was a German unit, manned by Luftwaffe pilots, using German planes, using all other German personel. etc.

Pilots were "volunteers" in meening that they accepted the assigment, not sent by force. But it was created by will of the government and organized by state officials.

Probably you will find more info using google search by legion condor, or perhaps also on this same forum with the help of search...

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Post by liki » 05 Dec 2003, 16:57

Can somebody tell me anything about this picture?
Are they in Spain?
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Post by nublu » 08 Dec 2003, 16:00

Hm, sry. Forgot that also Kampfgeschwader 53 weared the name "Legion Condor".
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... KG53-R.htm

And seems so that this photo is not from Spain.

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