Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde[e] (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist forces in …

Nov 30, 2025 · Who was Francisco Franco? Francisco Franco was a general and the leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War …

Nov 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 …

Nov 13, 2025 · And yet General Francisco Franco (pictured, right) would prove to be a remarkably successful dictator. A key figure in the military coup in 1936 that triggered the Spanish civil …

Francisco Franco was declared a saint by Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (self-declared "Pope Gregory XVII") of the Palmarian Catholic Church, a right-wing Catholic mysticalist sect and …

Jan 13, 2025 · Discover Francisco Franco's life, dictatorship in Spain, and his controversial legacy involving politics, war, and family.

Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war to win control of Spain. Driven by a deeply conservative vision, he used torture, murder and incarceration to transform Spanish...

Francisco Franco was a Spanish military leader and politician who rose to prominence during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Born in 1892 to a conservative family, Franco's military career …

Francisco Franco (December 4, 1892 – November 20, 1975) was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a dictator for 36 years from 1939 until his death. As a conservative and a …

Francisco Franco (Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade, 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) [2] was a Spanish military leader who …