Francisco Franco - Wikipedia
WEBFranco is a character in CJ Sansom's book Winter in Madrid...Y al tercer año resucitó (...And On the Third Year He Rose Again) (1980) describes what would happen if Franco rose from the dead. Franco is featured in the novel Triage (1998) by Scott Anderson.
Pact of Madrid - Wikipedia
WEBThe Pact of Madrid, signed on 23 September 1953 by Francoist Spain and the United States, was a significant effort to break the international isolation of Spain after World War II, together with the Concordat of 1953.
Francoist Spain - Wikipedia
WEBFrancoist 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 due to a heart attack, Spain transitioned into a democracy.
Francisco Franco | Biography, Nickname, Beliefs, & Facts
WEBSep 4, 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 …
Francisco Franco - Facts, Death & Achievements - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Establishing his base of operations in Seville the following month, Franco began his military campaign, advancing north toward the seat of the Republican government in Madrid. Anticipating a...
Spain feels Franco's legacy 40 years after his death - BBC
WEBNov 20, 2015 · November 1975: Franco (1892 - 1975) lies in state at the Pardo Palace in Madrid. General Franco, known as El Caudillo (Leader), died on 20 November 1975.
Francisco Franco ‑ Biography, Facts & Death - HISTORY
WEBNov 9, 2009 · The general and dictator Francisco Franco (1892-1975) ruled over Spain from 1939 until his death. He rose to power during the bloody Spanish Civil War when, with the help of Nazi Germany and...
SPAIN: A Defiant Franco Answers His Critics - TIME
WEBOct 13, 1975 · One group of young Franco supporters paused during a march in Madrid’s diplomatic quarter to shake hands with the machine-gun-toting Spanish policemen guarding the U.S. embassy.
Francisco Franco summary | Britannica
WEBFrancisco 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.
Francisco Franco - Spanish Civil War, Dictatorship, Regime
WEBSep 4, 2024 · After Franco’s death in 1975 following a long illness, his body was interred in the Valley of the Fallen, a massive mausoleum northwest of Madrid that houses the remains of tens of thousands of casualties from both sides of the Spanish Civil War.