Francoist Spain (Spanish: España franquista), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (dictadura franquista), was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title Caudillo.

Under Franco, Spain also pursued a campaign to force a negotiation on the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, and closed its border with that territory in 1969. The border would not be fully reopened until 1985. Economic policy. The Civil War ravaged the Spanish economy. [227] Infrastructure had been damaged, workers killed, and daily ...

2025年2月2日 · By 1955, when Spain was admitted to the UN, Franco’s regime appeared secure. Internal political command remained in Franco’s hands, ensured by his control of the armed forces and by his ability to play off the groups that supported him, in particular the Falange, the monarchists, and the church.

2025年2月1日 · Despite his sympathy for the Axis powers’ “New Order,” Franco at first declared Spanish neutrality in the conflict. His policy changed after the fall of France in June 1940, when he approached the German leader Hitler; Franco indicated his willingness to …

The Franco regime sent the Blue Division, made up of nearly 50,000 soldiers who aided the German army, to the Russian front. Once the Second World War was over, the Franco dictatorship was subjected to a hard international isolation by the victorious countries.

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 monarchist, he opposed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of …

Gains in regional autonomy were reversed under Franco, and Spain reverted to being a highly centralized state. The regime abolished regional governmental bodies and enacted measures against the use of the Basque and the Catalan languages.

2023年12月2日 · By the time Franco’s Spanish Nationalists declared victory in the Spanish Civil War on April 1, 1939, Franco had become Spain’s head of state; head of government; Captain General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; and leader of the country’s only political party.

Spain's Isolation under Franco The brutality of Franco's regime did not go unnoticed by the international community. During his reign, Spain was largely ostracized from global affairs due to its oppressive policies and human rights abuses.

2015年11月20日 · Spain's Gen Francisco Franco fought a brutal war against democracy with the aid of Hitler and Mussolini and thereafter presided over a regime of state terror and national brainwashing through the...