During the Spanish Civil War, Francisco Franco led the rebellion which overthrew the Spanish Democratic Republic. Subsequently, he established a Dictatorship which lasted until his death in 1975.
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The younger generation of Spain dislike Franco, As a youth in the 1970's, I was an American with a Spanish family and grew up in Barcelona and Madrid. What Franco tried to do was to protect his citizens. In my opinion he kept the bad elements out of his country. His socialist views worked for the country during the time period he was in charge. Increasingly, we would see factions like the ETA that wanted to be separated from Spain. Franco would not allow that. Franco also disallowed the Catalonians in Barcelona to speak their language and enjoy their culture. Today, in Barcelona, one would be hard pressed to find anyone or anything in the Castillian language. They wanted to secede from Spain after Franco's death, but parliament knowing it Barcelona to be an economic boom for Spain, said no.
Franco today, in general, in Spain is viewed very negatively. But I see it different because I remember the Spain of his time being clean, running smoothly without the influx of South American criminals that have come into the country lately. Franco's protection of his country and his people are long gone. The country is not doing so well anymore without him.
Francisco Franco was the Spanish general during ww2 who helped to fix the Spanish economy.he's the one that began the spanish civil war, he led the revolt , he was a natioanlists.
Spain remained neutral in World War 2 but Spanish volunteers fought against the Soviet Union. and then bj came in and started dancing with barney
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Francisco Franco greatly enjoyed hunting and fishing in his free time. He also exercised by swimming on a regular basis keeping himself in good physical shape.
Francisco Franco was the ruler of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975.
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Francisco Franco lost power of Spain because he died of a heart attack in 1975, while still in power. Francisco Franco was one of the youngest European Generals in the Spanish Army.
Maria Del Carmen Polo Y Martinez Valdez married Francisco Franco in 1926 and they had one daughter Maria Del Carmen.