re: #26 Belafon

For you military history buffs, did the different militaries/countries send weapons to Spain before WW2?

Yes. During the Spanish Civil War, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy supported Franco’s Nationalists with a great deal of materiel (and “volunteer” troops as well): the Soviet Union was likewise a big supplier to the Republican side.
But Britain, France (and, where it was relevant, the US) basically stayed on the sidelines in the name of “neutrality”.