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    Francisco Franco

    Spanish general and dictator

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  2. May 8, 2024 · Francisco Franco (born December 4, 1892, El Ferrol, Spain—died November 20, 1975, Madrid) was a 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 government of Spain until 1973 and head of state until his death in 1975.

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  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and career of Francisco Franco, the military leader who overthrew Spain's democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War and ruled the country with an iron fist for decades. Find out how he rose to power, how he fought the Republicans and the Allies, and how he died in 1975.

  4. Francisco Franco Bahamonde (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ˈfɾaŋko βa.aˈmonde]; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo.

    • Franco: The Early Years. Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was born on December 4, 1892, in El Ferrol, a small coastal town on Spain’s northwestern tip. Until age 12, Franco attended a private school run by a Catholic priest.
    • Franco and the Second Republic. A military dictatorship embraced by King Alfonso XIII governed Spain from 1923 to 1930, but municipal elections held in April 1931 deposed the king and ushered in the so-called Second Republic.
    • Franco and the Spanish Civil War. Banished to a remote post in the Canary Islands, Franco initially hesitated in his support of the military conspiracy.
    • Life Under Franco. Many Republican figures fled the country in the wake of the civil war, and military tribunals were set up to try those who remained. These tribunals sent thousands more Spaniards to their death, and Franco himself admitted in the mid-1940s that he had 26,000 political prisoners under lock and key.
  5. Feb 27, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain as a military dictator from 1939 to 1975. Find out how he came to power, how he survived in a brutal civil war, and how he transformed Spain into a modern nation.

  6. Nov 10, 2023 · Francisco Franco Bahamonde, nicknamed " el Caudillo ", was a conservative Spanish military leader and politician who became dictator of Spain for nearly forty years. He was part of the military leadership that staged the coup d'état against the Second Republic in July 1936, which started the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).

  7. Early life. Franco was born in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain (between 1938 and 1982, his hometown would be known officially as El Ferrol del Caudillo ). His father, Nicolás Franco Salgado-Araujo, was a Navy paymaster and a violent alcoholic who mistreated his family.

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