15 tons of gold… well, for comparison, Spain sent about 500 tons of gold to USSR during the Civil War, supposedly to get weapons, and it wasn’t nearly enough.
The USSR shafted Spain by massively overcharging for supplies and weapons since no other country in the world besides Mexico and (secretly) France was willing to assist Spain, and to top it all off, the USSR sent fairly crappy weapons too.
15 tons of gold… well, for comparison, Spain sent about 500 tons of gold to USSR during the Civil War, supposedly to get weapons, and it wasn’t nearly enough.
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The USSR shafted Spain by massively overcharging for supplies and weapons since no other country in the world besides Mexico and (secretly) France was willing to assist Spain, and to top it all off, the USSR sent fairly crappy weapons too.
There’s a good short video about it here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S_mnw0iK0LQ