History A-Level
Neutrality and wartime diplomacy
What Neutrality and wartime diplomacy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Neutrality and wartime diplomacy
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Maintaining Spanish neutrality during 1939–45 while favouring the Axis and sending the Blue Division to the Eastern Front, avoiding direct conflict but leaving Spain diplomatically isolated after 1945.
Topics that use Neutrality and wartime diplomacy
- Establishing Franco’s dictatorship, 1938–56 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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