Communist Soviet Aid Flows to the "Republicans."

Stalin decided to send military aid to the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War. The first shipment of tanks and tank specialists left for Spain in September 1936. The cargo ship Komsomol arrived at the port of Cartagena on 12 October 1936 with a shipment of 50 T-26 light tanks and 51 "volunteer" tank specialists. In the meantime, the Soviet military attaché at the Madrid embassy, Kombrig Vladimir Gorev, had arranged for the creation of a training center near the town of Archene in Mursia, about 90 km. from the port.

Fascist Militia Point Out "COMINTERN" (Communist International) Marking on Truck Captured from "Republican" Forces.

Soviet Made T-26 Tank, Delivered to So Called "Republican" Forces.