This period in Spanish history, from the Nationalist victory to Franco's death, is commonly known as Francoist Spain. Born in Ferrol, Galicia, into an upper-class military family, Franco served in the …

Jan 6, 2026 · Francisco Franco, general and leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); thereafter he was the head of the …

Jan 13, 2025 · Discover Francisco Franco's life, dictatorship in Spain, and his controversial legacy involving politics, war, and family.

Feb 19, 2024 · After winning the Spanish Civil War in 1939, Francisco Franco established himself as the undisputed ruler of Spain and began implementing a dictatorial regime. Under his rule, all political …

It is interesting to note, while it seems that Franco was allowing Germany free reign in Spain, Franco was continually working to prevent the advance of German forces into Spain.

Amid this crisis, Francisco Franco was a career officer who had earned a reputation for violent suppression during colonial wars, but he positioned himself as the man who could restore national …

Franco demonstrated far less delicacy with his enemies. The ruthlessness he demonstrated in Morocco returned with the postwar repressions of former Republican soldiers, communists, anarchists, …

Nov 13, 2025 · A key figure in the military coup in 1936 that triggered the Spanish civil war, Franco would go on to rule as an autocrat until he died in his hospital bed 50 years ago, on November 20th …

Nov 9, 2009 · Francisco Franco (1892-1975) ruled Spain as a military dictator from 1939 until his death. He rose to power during th...

Francisco Franco (Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade, 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) [2] was a Spanish military leader who ruled as …