Why did Argentina in South America get close to Germany during World War II?

▲ From the map, Argentina is located at the southernmost tip of South America, while Germany is located in the middle of Europe, and the two countries are separated by Wan Li.

It can be said that the two countries are irrelevant to each other. Why are they so close?

Because the enemy of the enemy is a friend.

Because of the dispute over the sovereignty of the Falklands, Argentina bears a grudge against Britain, while the United States is biased against it.

Britain and Argentina have been fighting for Falklands for a long time.

1770, Spain occupied Falklands and became a Spanish colony. 18 16, Argentina got rid of Spanish rule, declared its independence, and declared its inheritance of Spanish heritage-Falklands sovereignty.

But Britain, which defeated the Spanish to become the world's maritime hegemon, doesn't think so. They think that the island was first discovered by the British, so it should belong to the British Empire.

So in 1832 and 1833, they sent troops to occupy the east island and the west island of the island, drove out the indigenous people on the island, and adopted the way of emigrating to the island to settle down, forming actual possession and control.

▲ But Argentina has never given up Tsushima Island's sovereignty claim.

Until the outbreak of World War II, Germany attacked France, and the British and French allied forces were defeated. Argentina saw the best opportunity. 1940, Britain was so busy that it made a request for an island to Britain, but the British Empire ignored him at all. Argentina secretly hates Britain and wants Germany to surrender to Britain, so that it can recover the island.

Germany is Argentina's trading partner

Secondly, Argentina is a big agricultural country in South America, rich in wheat, corn, beef and mutton.

▲ Agriculture is the main pillar industry in Argentina.

A large amount of grain and meat are exported to Germany every year, and Germany is one of the main buyers of Argentine agricultural products.

In addition, due to Germany's advanced industrial technology, Argentina imported many industrial products from Germany, including railway equipment and so on.

Especially in the early period of World War II, Germany swept Europe. Argentina will import more things from me in the future when it sees that Germany is expected to become the European hegemon. It is my big money owner, so Argentina refused to break diplomatic relations with Germany and remained neutral.

Argentina's pro-German trend is obvious.

As Argentina is an immigrant country, most of its population comes from Europe. From 1870 to 19 14, 6 million people from Europe immigrated to Argentina. Although there are only 200,000 Germans among these immigrants, Italians and Spaniards account for the vast majority.

In World War II, Italy formed an alliance with Germany, and Spain was also ruled by fascist dictator Franco. Although clearly neutral, he secretly winked at Germany.

▲ After World War II, it is said that 9,000 Nazi war criminals fled to South America, and 5,000 of them fled to Argentina.

In addition, the fascist forces in Argentina are also very strong. Argentina has a large number of fascist groups. These fascist groups also received support and help from the Germans. With the help of fascist groups, it is normal for Argentina and Germany to get close.