Francisco Franco - Wikipedia
Francisco Franco Bahamonde[e][f][g] (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the …
Francisco Franco | Biography, Nickname, Beliefs, & Facts ...
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 (1936–39); thereafter he …
Francisco Franco - Biography, Facts & Death | HISTORY
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 Nazi …
Francisco Franco - New World Encyclopedia
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 apparition site …
Francisco Franco: Spain's controversial dictator
Jun 14, 2022 · Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892–1975) was a Spanish military leader and dictator who ruled Spain from 1939 until he died in 1975.
General Franco: the dictator without charisma - Financial Times
Nov 27, 2025 · Yet Spain’s generalísimo Francisco Franco — the rightwing dictator who won the Spanish civil war, survived the second world war, outlasted Hitler and Mussolini and ruled his country …
50 Years After Franco’s Death, Spain Confronts Its Dark Past
Nov 20, 2025 · The Valley of Cuelgamuros’, once the burial site of Francisco Franco and home to 33,000 bodies from both sides of Spain’s 1936-1939 civil war, on Nov. 12, 2025.