It's been just under three months since I submitted my Bachelor's thesis final draft, so I finally feel refreshed enough to make a thread on it. This will be a longish one, but hopefully one you'll find interesting:

ANGLO-FRENCH NON-INTERVENTION IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

This thread will look at the variety of reasons for the non-intervention policy created by the British Empire and the French Third Republic in regards to the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).

It was part of a larger policy of appeasement by both countries in the interwar era.

Appeasement of whom? Well, generally speaking, the far-right authoritarian countries of Europe, but specifically the Axis powers and especially Nazi Germany.

The British/French sought to avoid war at any costs, and they largely feared the Spanish crisis would turn into WWII.

Most of the other European great powers -- i.e., Germany, Italy, USSR, even Portugal -- got involved, as did thousands of international volunteers.

Their reasons for involvement are for another thread (some of them are fascinating, others plainly practical).

Now, the policy of non-intervention pushed by the British and French lasted throughout the whole war, though the French had a few moments in the early days (mid-late 1936) where they broke it.

I'd argue it was one of the definitive reasons for the eventual Nationalist victory.