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    The Condor Legion (German: Legion Condor) was a unit of military personnel from the air force and army of Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht which served with the...
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    The Condor Legion Tank Badge (German: Panzertruppenabzeichen der Legion Condor) was a German military decoration awarded to tank crews who served with...
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    of the Legion's aircraft compared to superior Soviet-made fighters. The War in the North was supported by a constantly re-equipping Condor Legion. In Operation...
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    rebel Nationalist faction by its allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, under the code name Operation...
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  • p. 18. Davis 1999, pp. 58–64. Jurado, Carlos Caballero (2006). The Condor Legion. Elite. Osprey Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 978-1841768991. Bibliography...
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  • Legion Condor is a 1939 German war film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paul Hartmann, Albert Hehn and Fritz Kampers. The film portrays the German...
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    cruises. With seven other ships in the KdF fleet, she transported the Condor Legion back to Germany from Spain following the victory of the Nationalist...
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    multitasking Condor Legion, a unit composed of volunteers from the Luftwaffe and the German Army (Heer) from July 1936 to March 1939. The Condor Legion proved...
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  • der Legion Condor ("Song of the Condor Legion"), whose lyrics and music were written by Wolfram Philipps and Christian Jährig, two Condor Legion pilots...
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    Oskar Dirlewanger (category Condor Legion personnel)
    he enlisted into the Spanish Legion during the Spanish Civil War. Through Berger he transferred to the German Condor Legion where he served from 1936 to...
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    Galland (Condor Legion) Mohamed Meziane Werner Mölders (Condor Legion) Walter Oesau (Condor Legion) Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (Condor Legion) Wolfram Freiherr...
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  • awarded to those who fought on the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War. Günther Lützow (Condor Legion) Wolfram von Richthofen (Condor Legion)...
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    German rearmament and conscription would be announced on 16 March. The Condor Legion, a Luftwaffe detachment sent to aid Nationalist forces in the Spanish...
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  • Look up condor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Condor is the common name for two species of birds. Condor, CONDOR, El Condor, or The Condor may also...
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    Hugo Sperrle (category Condor Legion personnel)
    transferred from the army to the Luftwaffe. Sperrle was given command of the Condor Legion in November 1936 and fought with the expeditionary force in the Spanish...
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    2009[update]. On April 26, 1937, Guernica was bombed by Nazi Germany's Condor Legion, in one of the first aerial bombings. The attack inspired Pablo Picasso's...
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  • Civil War A legion is the regional unit of the Italian carabinieri Spanish Legion, an elite military unit within the Spanish Army Condor Legion, a unit of...
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    of the air, as did the German and Italian expeditionary forces, the Condor Legion and the Aviazione Legionaria. At first, the Spanish Republican Air Force...
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    December and assigned to Versuchsjagdgruppe 88, a group within the Condor Legion devoted to testing new aircraft and joined three V-series Bf 109s which...
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  • re-assembled she was assigned to Versuchsjagdgruppe 88, a group within the Legión Cóndor devoted to testing new planes. There she was nicknamed the Kanonenvogel...
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    Werner Mölders (category Condor Legion personnel)
    Nazi Germany, in 1934. In 1938 he volunteered for service in Germany's Condor Legion, then supporting General Francisco Franco's Nationalist side in the...
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    1935. The Ju 87 made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 and served the Axis in World...
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    Jagdgruppe 88 (J/88) was a German Condor Legion fighter group serving in the Spanish Civil War. J/88 consisted of a headquarters (Stab) and four squadrons...
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  • large city of Málaga was taken on February 8. On March 7, the German Condor Legion equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes arrived in Spain; on April 26 they...
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    totaled 12 such guns on average, supplemented by light guns. The German Condor Legion made extensive use of the 8.8 cm Flak 18 in the Spanish Civil War, where...
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    Italy and by aircraft captured from the Spanish Republican Air Force Condor Legion of Nazi Germany Aviazione Legionaria of Fascist Italy At the end of...
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    engineers managed to repair them within two days. Furthermore, the Condor Legion and the Aviazione Legionaria started to bomb and destroy the pontoon...
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    NKVD. During the Spanish Civil War, it would be provided to the German Condor Legion by the Nationalist faction, and would later be supplied to the German...
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    Heinrich Himmler. Berger used his influence to help Dirlewanger join the Condor Legion, a German unit which fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). On...
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    attack the Chinese garrison at Hongort. November 15 The aerial German Condor Legion goes into action for the first time in the Spanish Civil War in support...
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