General franco born

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 ruled as fascistdictator of Spain from 1939 until his death.

His ideology was called Francoism (Spanish: franquismo) or Falangism

Life

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Civil war

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He was a leader of a coup d'état against the Spanish Second Republic in 1936.

Was franco a good leader

After this uprising the Spanish Civil War started. Franco was supported by fascists, big businesses, the church, conservative people and Spanish nationalists. The Spanish Republic had a socialist government that wanted to make businesses and the church less powerful.^[3] The Republic also set up local parliaments in the regions of Spain.

Nationalists thought this was wrong and would make Spain weak.

Three of the leaders of the coup died. Franco led the Army of Africa, the best part of the Sp