gibralter

[gulliver1]

was gibralter ever attacked by land via spain during world war two

[dundurn]

There were various attempts (some successful) at sabotage in the the dockyards, but there were no border incursions from Spain.

[jno]

Spain was neutral in the war (more or less)

[gulliver1]

I know Spain was nuetral, but did Franco allow German Troops to cross Spain to attack Gibraltar by land from Spain?

[123everton]

Hitler wanted to get Spain to come in on the side of the Axis but Canaris talked Franco out of getting involved he also dissuaded Hitler of pursuing it further by pointing out to him that Spain at the time was a very backward country and to embroil them in the war would produce an ally that was militarily insignificant whilst also burdenning them with millions more people to feed.
THere were no raids launched on Gibraltar by land that I'm aware of.

[jno]

There was a plan, called Operation Felix, but nothing came of it. Can't provide a link as my PC has slowed to a crawl, but you should be able to find details on Wikipedia.

[gulliver1]

jno
will you tell me more about operation felix gib ww two
when your pc is up and running

[letterpage]

ive seen it just go onto yahoo.com type in operation felix and its in the Wikipedia. Its too long to post an answer here

[gulliver1]

jno thanks for the info about gib ww two found the site very informative cheers all the best I will know where to go to next time