Spanish Civil War, (1936–39), military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country. When an initial military coup failed to win control of the entire country, a bloody civil war ensued, fought with great ferocity on both sides. The Nationalists, as the rebels were called, received aid from Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The Republicans received aid from the Soviet Union as well as from the International Brigades, composed of volunteers from Europe and the United States. There were obviously political and economic reasons for Germany providing aid to Franco and the rebels in Spain but Hitler really didn't care about Franco or the revolution. What was Hitler's reason for providing MILITARY AID to Franco in the Spanish Civil War?