High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! German involvement in the Spanish Civil War was made up of the various ways in which Nazi Germany tried to influence the war. It lasted from the war`s beginning in July 1936 until 1939 and in the most part attempted to secure a victory for the National faction. Nazi support for Franco during the Spanish Civil War was motivated by several factors, including as a distraction from Hitler`s central European strategy, and the creation of a Fascist Spain friendly to Germany to disrupt Britain and France. It further provided an opportunity to train men and test equipment and tactics.