Overview
Francisco Franco
Known For
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company...
Spain: A Country Divided
Obsessively referring to the traumas and wounds that the Spanish...
The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation...
Biography
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo. This period in Spanish history, from the Nationalist victory to Franco's death, is commonly known as Francoist Spain or as the Francoist dictatorship.