<span>Germany
and Italy
took part in Spanish Civil War, testing their soldiers and weapons.
In particular Germany
sent the famous "Condor Legion" of alleged volunteers (with tanks, fighters
and bombers and army specialists) to support the Nationalist faction (fascists).</span>
West Berlin was an island of the West, or the Western Curture, or Western sphrere of influence, surrounded by the Eastern Bloc/Western sphere of influence on all sides. It lied in the middle of East Germany, a socialist country, and did not have any direct land connection to other capitalist countries.
France was an allied country
