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Period: 1 CE to 2
Who was him?
He was a general and the leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War -
Period: 2 to 3
Characterized by...
Authoritarianism. All the power, control and execution of what happened in Spanish territory was under the command of the figure of Franco. It had executive and legislative powers, for this reason, its power was totalitarian. -
Period: 3 to 4
Principal ideas
He tried to enter and dominate all aspects of national and social life through a series of social framework organizations led mainly by the Falange Española Tradicionalista and the Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FET y de las JONS). Nationalism. -
Period: 4 to 5
Military career
During his 14 years there, he rose from soldier to general through lieutenant (1912), captain (1914) and general in 1926, becoming, at the age of 33, the youngest general in Europe. Franco exerted on the troops a firm and implacable mandate with insubordination. -
Period: 5 to 6
Family
He was married to Carmen Polo and had a daughter, María del Carmen, Duchess of Franco. His son-in-law was Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, Marquis of Villaverde, and one of his great-grandsons was Luis Alfonso de Borbón and Martínez-Bordiú, son of Alfonso de Borbón and Dampierre and his eldest granddaughter María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú and Franco. -
Period: 6 to 7
Beliefs
Although Franco believed that the majority of the Spanish people still supported the crown, and although he regretted the end of the monarchy, he did not object, nor did he challenge the legitimacy of the republic.He opposed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic in 1931. -
Period: 6 to 7
Promise
Franco did agree to provide logistical and intelligence support and promised to send a volunteer force, the Spanish Blue Division, to help the fight against communism in Europe. After the defeat of France in May 1940, Adolf Hitler resumed negotiations with Franco. -
Period: 7 to 8
How did he mantain power
In addition to being generalissimo of the armed forces, he was both chief of state and head of government, the ultimate source of legitimate authority. He retained the power to appoint and to dismiss ministers and other decision makers. -
Period: 8 to 9
His dead
Franco died on November 20, 1975, after suffering a series of heart attacks. At his funeral, many mourners raised their arm in a fascist salute.After Franco's death 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. -
Period: 9 to 10
How he improve Spain
Franco's Spanish nationalism promoted a unitary national identity by repressing Spain's cultural diversity. Bullfighting and flamenco were promoted as national traditions, while those traditions not considered Spanish were suppressed.