

The most likely Ally for Republican Spain is the Comintern, although it is also possible to forge an alliance with the Allies. Infantry and Land Doctrines are essential, but Spain is able to keep up in some Industrial technologies, as well as very limited air and naval technologies. For this reason, even the Soviet Union is a good technology partner, and can help Spain keep pace in a few areas. Generally, due to relatively poor tech teams, Spain will never be on the leading edge of technology. For a player planning to join the Comintern, abandoning the FirePower Focus land doctrine is a good idea, in order to change to the Mobility/Human Wave doctrine, which is a superior overall doctrine, and the USSR has blueprints for. The "Early Infantry Division" is a good choice here. Finally, war with the Axis will be challenging.Įarly research is important in that the third research slot finishes by July 18, 1936, at the date of the outbreak of the war.

Later, Spain will have very few expansionist opportunities since nearly all neighbors are protected with Guarantees by Axis or Allied powers.

Republican Spain is a challenging nation to play: meeting its first, most important test, just six months into the game: the Spanish Civil War.
