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How remarkable that tiny Menorca withstood the might of Franco and the Italian Airforce on its doorstep, Especially when you consider how important Mah�n harbour might have been.
Was it self-sufficient or supplied from the Republican mainland?
I have my own copy of Hugh Thomas' "The Spanish Civil War", but it barerly mentions the Balearics at all. It does just mention that at the very end HMS Devonshire evacuated the most vulnerable Republican stalwarts who would otherwise have faced torture and certain death at El Caudillo's merciful hands.
Was it self-sufficient or supplied from the Republican mainland?
I have my own copy of Hugh Thomas' "The Spanish Civil War", but it barerly mentions the Balearics at all. It does just mention that at the very end HMS Devonshire evacuated the most vulnerable Republican stalwarts who would otherwise have faced torture and certain death at El Caudillo's merciful hands.
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