The Spanish government was deposed in a coup led by Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, a military officer. The coup came about as it's leaders were upset with the Spanish government's inability to deal with the economic conditions which were a precursor to the Great Depression.
Ostensibly exploring the practice of law before the internet. Heck, before good highways for that matter.
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Thursday, September 13, 1923. Spanish democracy collapses.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Sunday, May 9, 1943. Mothers Day, Franco suggests Peace, German pilots defect, Training accident.
It was Mother's Day in the United States.
As shrewd as Franco was, there's reason to believe that he did not believe that, but perhaps he was rather hoping that the war would conclude at this point before Spain was dragged in on the doomed Axis side.
A crew of Luftwaffe defectors flew a Ju 88 fitted with new Lichtenstein radar to Scotland. This story, even now, is shrouded in mystery, with it being only really clear that two members of the crew intended to defect, while a third may have been an unwilling passenger.
The aircraft was significant in allowing the Allies to study German aviation radar.
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh was killed in a training accident.
Saturday, September 3, 2022
September 3, 1942. Germans take Pitomnik
By this day in 1942 the Germans had taken 1,500,000 since the commencement of Operation Barbarossa.
The Germans took Pitomnik Airfield in Stalingrad on this day. It would become the main German airfield during the battle, although there were six additional ones.
The British suffered setbacks at Alam el Halfa when an attack went amiss, leaving the British without armor support.
Franco removed Phalangist Ramón Serrano Suñer as Spanish Foreign Minister due to the Basilica of Begona incident a few days prior. As a result, Franco now had full control of the government. The sacked foreign minister remained active in far right politics and died in 2003 at the age of 101.