With Gibraltar in German hands Rommel´s supply would have increased a whole lot, as they could have dominated who´s coming and going away from the mediterranean area. Thus there would have been a much better chance of getting into Alexandria. This might have been one of the key points of the war, I think, as Rommel could have attacked russia later on from the south and Turkey would have been forced into war. Turkey wasn´t at all well equipped but all the same more headache to the russians.

"The blue division" fought bravely, and also showed Hitler that trying to capture Gibraltar by attacking Spain would not be a wise decision, as the spaniards were tough. Probably not the main point in Franco´s decision to send men to the russian front but without it, who knows. I´m pretty sure germans had plans for attacking Spain!

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