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From World War II to international isolation
The outbreak of the Second World War a few months after the end of the civil war conditioned Spain's international policy and the ideological definition of the new regime in its early years. The evolution of the war forced Franco to revise his initial, clearly pro-Nazi approaches and adopt positions more inclined towards the Allied side.
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End of the Civil War
Putting an end to almost three years of conflict, the civil war between the Republican side and the rebel side (formed by the Spanish Falange and other conservative groups) with the victory of the Nationalist side led by General Francisco Franco.
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Franco’s dictatorship timeline
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Meeting between Hitler and Franco in Hendaye
Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler met in Hendaye to try to resolve disagreements over Spain's conditions for entry into the war on the side of the Axis powers.
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The Law of the Cortes
The Francoist Cortes, officially known as the Cortes Españolas, was an institution of the Francoist dictatorship created on 17 July 1942, the sixth anniversary of the 1936 coup d'état, which opened its sessions on 17 March 1943, and which functioned as a corporate or organic pseudo-parliament.
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Spanish charter
The spanish charter (1945) is one of the eight Fundamental Laws of Francoism, which established a series of rights, liberties and duties of all Spanish people.
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Condemnation of Spain by the United Nations
On 9 February 1946, in New York, USA, the member countries of the organisation adopted Resolution 31 (I), in which Spain was banned from the United Nations. The justification given in this document was that the Spanish regime had been born under the protection of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, whose principles were totally incompatible with those of the world organisation.
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Law of Succession
The Law of Succession to the Presidency of the State was the fifth fundamental law approved of the eight Fundamental Laws that organised the powers of the State during Franco's regime. [Timetoast] https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjf2LTs2tf6AhWahv0HHVuDASYQtwJ6BAgIEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmCgdjSRt-Is&usg=AOvVaw2_FDlRtUOhbOeXJB9lyNBP -
The US refuses to impose new sanctions on Spain.
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UN resolution revoking sanctions against Spain
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Arrival of Carrero Blanco
At this new, more propitious juncture, the advisability of a change of government was considered. In its formation, Carrero's influence was decisive; he presented Franco with a set of proposals for possible ministers and a new orientation, in which the political weight shifted to Catholics. Carrero, in this new cabinet, was appointed under-secretary minister. -
Meeting between Franco and Eisenhower
Invited by Spanish Foreign Minister Fernando Castiella, Eisenhower accepted the invitation in the autumn. The visit, the first by a US president to Spain, symbolised the definitive rehabilitation of Francisco Franco after years of ostracism and his acceptance as an ally of the United States.
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Press law drafted by Manuel Fraga eases censorship
After almost thirty harsh years of Franco's censorship, the Minister of Information and Tourism, Manuel Fraga, took on the task of giving journalists some breathing space in 1966 with a new Press and Printing Press Law that was to bear his name. -
Juan Carlos de Borbón, Franco's heir with the title of Prince of Spain.
On 22 November 1966 Franco submitted the draft organic law of the State to the Cortes, and finally, on 22 July 1969, the Spanish Cortes designated Juan Carlos de Borbón as his successor as head of State by title of King.
Franco had been thinking about his succession for some time, but it was probably in 1968 that the circumstances were right for him to make a decision in favour of Juan Carlos de Borbón, who was then only a Prince.
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Murder of Luis Carrero Blanco, head of government, by ETA
On 20 December 1973, Carrero left the church for the car to go to his office. As he passed by 104 Claudio Coello Street, the car was blown up, literally flying over the top of the building and landing in the courtyard of the building.
The admiral, his escort and the driver of the car were killed in a tunnel dug under the road.
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The “Marcha Verde”
The Green March Although Spain no longer held the overseas possessions, until 6 November 1975 it held the Sahara, which was invaded by Morocco on that date. This was before a referendum was held to ascertain the positions of the region on its allegiance to Spain.
Morocco, seeing the possibility that the Sahara was another country, was quick to invade it in order to keep it within its territory.
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Franco’s death
On 20 November 1975, the dictator Francisco Franco was declared dead of natural causes at the Hospital de la Paz in Madrid. The death of the 'generalissimo' was a slow agony that lasted more than a month. Between 15 and 24 October, Franco suffered no less than four heart attacks.
[Timetoast]https://youtu.be/IbTcTnxGjVo
