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1940 in Spain

Explore 4 historical events and records for Spain in 1940.

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Historical records for Spain in 1940

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August

20 August 1940

Assassination of Leon Trotsky

Rio Hernandez, Jaime Ramon Mercader del · Mexico City · Government / Communist Party Government

Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick

20 August 1940

Death of Jaime Ramon Mercader del Rio Hernandez

Rio Hernandez, Jaime Ramon Mercader del · Mexico City · Government / Communist Party Government

Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick

October

23 October 1940

Meeting with Hitler at Hendaye

Franco-Bahamonde, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo · Hendaye · Generalisimo · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Franco meets Hitler at Hendaye but declines to enter the war

December

30 December 1940

Mobilization

Franco-Bahamonde, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo · Canary Islands · Generalisimo · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Signs a decree providing for the fortification of the Canary Islands

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