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Apr 2, 2014 · Gender: Male. Best Known For: Francisco Franco led a successful military rebellion to overthrow Spain's democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War, subsequently establishing an often brutal...
Francisco Franco, in full Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde, (born Dec. 4, 1892, El Ferrol, Spain—died Nov. 20, 1975, Madrid), Spanish general and head of the government of Spain (1939–75). A career army officer, he was noted as a skillful leader and became army chief of staff in 1935.
Oct 24, 2019 · The remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco have been moved from a vast mausoleum to a low-key grave, 44 years after his elaborate funeral. Thursday's long-awaited relocation fulfils a key ...
Franco’s dictatorship. Although Franco had visions of restoring Spanish grandeur after the Civil War, in reality he was the leader of an exhausted country still divided internally and impoverished by a long and costly war.
Nov 20, 2015 · Among his books are Franco: A Biography and The Spanish Holocaust. Forty years after is death, the legacy of Spain's Gen Francisco Franco still bedevils politics, writes Prof Paul Preston.
May 14, 2018 · Franco, Francisco (1892–1975) Spanish general and dictator of Spain (1939–75). He joined the 1936 military uprising that led to the Spanish Civil War and assumed leadership of the fascist Falange. In 1939, with the aid of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, he won the war and become Spain's dictator.
Oct 24, 2019 · The remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco have been moved from a vast mausoleum to a low-key grave, 44 years after his elaborate funeral.
