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Francisco Franco Bahamonde [f] [g] (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 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 FET y de las JONS began as the Spanish Falange, a Falangist party, The Council of National Syndicalist Offensives, a national syndicalist party and Traditionalist Communion, a Catholic monarchist party, three parties that were becoming relevant in Spanish right wing politics before the civil war. The Spanish Falange and the Council of ...
Ramón Franco Bahamonde (2 February 1896 – 28 October 1938) was a Spanish pioneer of aviation, a political figure and brother of later caudillo Francisco Franco. Well before the Spanish Civil War , during the reign of Alfonso XIII , both brothers were acclaimed as national heroes in Spain; however, the two had strongly differing political views.
Franco's title "El Caudillo" (the leader) remains part of its name and a plaque commemorating his visit to launch its construction in 1951 adorns the town hall, complete with the regime's eagle ...
During the Anglo-Spanish War captured two merchant convoys totalling 79 ships. Francisco Franco (1892–1975), general; from 1939 caudillo and formal Head of State of Spain Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo (1767–1835), Spanish cavalry officer and general officer during the Peninsular War, and later Defense Minister
Ramón Franco (1896–1938), pioneer aviator and brother of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco; Salvador Franco (died 3 January 2021), Venezuelan detainee; Veronica Franco (1546–1591), Venetian courtesan and poet
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.
In 1947, Alfonso visited Spain for the first time at the invitation of caudillo Francisco Franco. In 1950, he and his brother Juan Carlos were sent to study in Spain. [5] At first, they lived in San Sebastián where a private school had been established in the Miramar Palace. [6] In June 1954, they were received by General Franco at the Pardo ...