On 6 February 1937, Nationalists start a powerful offensive
in the Jarama Valley. Nationalist General Orgaz is in command
of around 40,000 troops, most of them Spanish Foreign Legion
and Moroccan cavalry, supported by antitank artillery, two
battalions of Wehrmacht operated heavy machine guns. Wehrmacht
ground troops under the command of the Condor Legion, Wehrmacht
operated tanks and planes Condor Legion, and 600 Blueshirts
under the command of the right wing Eoin O'Duffy.
Admiral
Hipper Heavy cruiser
Launched 6 February 1937
Lützow
Heavy cruiser
Laid down 8 February 1937
F7
Escort
Commissioned 15 February 1937
19 February 1937, During a public ceremony at the Viceregal
Palace, the former Imperial residence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo
Graziani with a number of grenades. The Italian security guard
fire into the crowd of Ethiopian onlookers. Authorities exact
further reprisals, which include indiscriminately slaughtering
native Ethiopians over the next three days, detaining thousands
of Ethiopians at Danan and slaughtering almost 300 monks at
Debre Libanos monastery.
21 February 1937, League of Nations Non-intervention Committee
ban on foreign national and stateless volunteers went into
effect.
Z2
Georg Thiele Destroyer
Commissioned 27 February 1937
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