He was the dictator of Spain during World War 2. I have added a really nice website story of Francisco Franco for you to read about him. I put it on the related link below.
Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain, chose to have his country neutral in World War 2. He aided the Nazis and he aided the Allied Forces by helping Jews escape and downed airmen evade back to England.
Infamous might be the preferable word. Francisco Franco and his Nationalists won the Spanish Civil War, with the help of troops flown in from Spanish Morocco, and forces sent to him by fellow fascists Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. After World War 2 began they tried to persuade Franco to bring Spain into the war on the Axis side, but Franco steadfastly refused because they would not agree to his territorial demands. As a result, Franco remained in power until his death about three decades after the war ended, and during that time Spain remained a fascist dictatorship. Also, Franco originated the term "fifth column" to describe his network of spies in Madrid as his four columns of soldiers converged on the Spanish capital. Otherwise, I can think of nothing great that Francisco Franco did for Spain or for the world.
Francisco Franco was was the fascist dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 when died. He led his forces against the Spanish government and became a bloody civil war. During the civil war which lasted over 2 years, Franco was supported by Germany, which contributed hundreds of aircraft flown by German pilots. The Soviet Union, sided with the Republican government and donated military support till the war was over. Franco was pressured by Hitler to join the Axis Alliance during the war. Franco refused but he did authorize a Spanish brigade to fight on the eastern front against the Russians. Hitler had once admitted that Franco was so intimidating and that he was so uneasy negotiating with Franco! Franco was an adept leader and was harsh in his treatment toward political opponents. Despite that, the Spanish economy and standard of living was relatively high till his death in 1975. There were over 1,000,000 people that paid their respects at his funeral in Madrid.
Despite the help given by Italy and Germany to the Falangists and Franco during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Franco refused to give military support to Germany or Italy in WW2 (except that a few thousand Spanish volunteers fought on the Eastern Front). Franco was aware that after three years of vicious civil war, Spain's economy was in tatters and that the country needed a lengthy period of recovery. They Franco r
General Francisco Franco's troops had fought the Republicans (those in favor of a democratic Spain), and Spain went Fascist in 1939. Franco was a friend of Mussolini and Hitler, but he did not want Spain to fight along side them in the war.
Francisco Franco was the Spanish military dictator during World War 2.
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During WW2 Spain was under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco
During WW II and for many years afterwards, the dictator of Spain was Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
Spain's dictator Francisco Franco kept his country out of World War 2 by declaring neutrality.
Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. It put Francisco Franco in power there.
Francisco Franco was Axis-sympathetic, but he remained neutral in World War II because Spain was too weak to actively assist the Axis until 1943. At this point, the US threatened Franco to remain neutral or risk an invasion from the Allied Powers. Wanting to stay in power, Franco stayed neutral.
General Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Fascist military dictator or Spain during WWII. He was neutral and wisely managed to keep his country out of the war.
Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain, chose to have his country neutral in World War 2. He aided the Nazis and he aided the Allied Forces by helping Jews escape and downed airmen evade back to England.
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Franco-Prussian War, World War 1 and World War 2.
Infamous might be the preferable word. Francisco Franco and his Nationalists won the Spanish Civil War, with the help of troops flown in from Spanish Morocco, and forces sent to him by fellow fascists Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. After World War 2 began they tried to persuade Franco to bring Spain into the war on the Axis side, but Franco steadfastly refused because they would not agree to his territorial demands. As a result, Franco remained in power until his death about three decades after the war ended, and during that time Spain remained a fascist dictatorship. Also, Franco originated the term "fifth column" to describe his network of spies in Madrid as his four columns of soldiers converged on the Spanish capital. Otherwise, I can think of nothing great that Francisco Franco did for Spain or for the world.