Spanish-Portuguese War

Overview

After tensions rising for multiple months without end, and the recent switch to Fascism done by Portugal, the tensions were simply put too much for both sides, and a conflict eventually broke out. Imperial Spains idea to unite the Iberian Peninsula might finally come true, however, as it looks, it might not as well.

Spanish-Portuguese War
	Date : June 29th, 1939 - August 28th, 1939
	Location : Western Europe
	Status : Ongoing (Stalemate)
Date Location Result Status Territorial changes
Belligerents
Portugal Imperial Spain Supported by: Supported by: Germany Denmark Italy The United Kingdom Hungary Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Virgílio Fidalgo Carl Westermann Filipe José Freire Temudo Barata Aage Helgesen Vedel Karl Dönitz Skuppens Erich Raeder Ivar Ragnarsson Miklós Horthy Francisco Franco Giovanni Messe Ramón Serrano Suñer Trafford Leigh-Mallory Leonid Govorov
Strength
Active: 80-90.000 Active: 1.000.000 Reserves: ≈250.000 Reserves: ≈100.000
Casualties and losses
≈ 76.000 ≈ 450.000 ≈ 1.600 ≈ 590

The War

The events leading up to the war were not quite too dire, the war was kicked off due to over self-confidence by the Spanish leaders.

The Portuguese had long been on the Spanish radar for possible puppets or even states to integrate, however recently Portugal had made a switch to Fascism.

June 29th, 1939

On June 29th, 1939, Spain declared war on Portugal for current unknown reasons. The war on the Iberian Peninsula will once again prove whose technology is better than the others, as it is a clash of countries much like the Spanish Civil War.

On August 5th, 1939, the Leader of Spain fired the old Field Marshal and established him with "Skuppens", one of his more experienced men, and already a few days later Spain saw improvements in the conflict.