 Complete the following phrase:  On 17 July 1936, Francisco Franco and the rest of Nationalist Spains forces began a rebellion against Republican Spain that was to last three years, called the Spanish Civil War. Franco was fairly sure that he would be able to secure German and Italian help for his National Faction, sending emissaries out on 20 July to achieve this. Both did indeed pledge support, sending in the Corpo Truppe Volontarie from Italy and the Legión Cóndor from Nazi Germany, as well as weapons and aircraft. Mussolini was very devoted, eventually sending in 37,000 men and huge numbers of planes to ensure that this campaign against communism would succeed. The foreign press started to heap pressure on Mussolini when Italian troops suffered a major defeat at 