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Francoist Spain ( Spanish: España franquista ), also known as the Francoist dictatorship ( dictadura franquista ), was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title Caudillo. After his death in 1975, Spain transitioned into a democracy.
Coat of Arms of Francisco Franco as Head of the Spanish State, depicting the Castilian Bend, the Pillars of Hercules and the Laureate Cross. The military career of Francisco Franco Bahamonde began on 29 August 1907, when he took the oath as a cadet at the Spanish Toledo Infantry Academy. On 13 July 1910 he graduated from Infantry Academy and ...
The first government of Francisco Franco was formed on 31 January 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, shortly after having been proclaimed as Head of State of Spain. It succeeded the Technical State Junta in the Nationalist zone—eventually, it would also take over from the Republican National Defence Council at the end of the war—and was the Government of Spain from 31 January 1938 to 9 ...
Background The end of the monarchy of King Alfonso XIII (r. 1886–1931) precipitated Gen. Francisco Franco's reactionary coup d'état (17 July 1936) against the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939), which launched the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)
First Francoism. Coin of 5 pesetas minted in 1949. On the obverse is the effigy of General Franco with the inscription Francisco Franco Caudillo de España por la G. [Gracia] de Dios (Francisco Franco Caudillo of Spain by the G. [Grace] of God). On the reverse is the new coat of arms of Spain. The first Francoism (1939-1959) was the first stage ...
Francisco Franco Bahamonde, nado en Ferrol o 4 de decembro de 1892 e finado en Madrid o 20 de novembro de 1975, tamén coñecido como o Caudillo ou o Xeneralísimo, foi un militar e ditador galego, integrante do alzamento contra o goberno democrático da Segunda República, que desembocou na guerra civil española.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. " Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead " is a catchphrase that originated in 1975 during the first season of NBC's Saturday Night (now called Saturday Night Live, or SNL) and which mocked the weeks-long media reports of the impending death of Francisco Franco.
