The best thing to do is read the epilogue page779 to 787 first. Francisco javier ortiz franco 1954 in dolores hidalgo, guanajuato june 22, 2004 in tijuana, baja california was a mexican journalist, who was murdered after writing about drug trafficking. Francisco franco simple english wikipedia, the free. Franco, francisco, 18921975 lc linked data service. Francisco for his paternal grandfather, paulino for his godfather, hermenegildo for his maternal grandmother and godmother, and teodulo for the saint day of. Su padre fue nicolas franco, y su madre, maria del pilar bahamonde. Estado espanol, is the period of spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when francisco franco ruled spain as dictator with the title caudillo. When the social and economic structure of spain began to crumble, franco joined the growing rightleaning. If you can stomach this 9 page paean of hatred to franco, you may be able to get something out of the book. Francisco franco, general and leader of the nationalist forces that overthrew the spanish democratic republic in the spanish civil war 193639. Main idea unification propaganda during the spanish civil war franco used visual propaganda to maintain control and influence over spain by promoting an image of unity under his leadership, alluding to spanish religious and traditional ideals, and manipulating national mythology. He was baptised thirteen days later at the military church of san francisco, with the baptismal name francisco paulino hermenegildo teodulo. Francisco franco was a spanish general who took control of spain after the spanish civil war 19361939 and established a military dictatorship. Francos military career in morocco is pivotal and covered well.
The spanish general and head of state francisco franco may have been the weakest of the fascist dictators to take over a european power during the troubled peace that followed world war i 1914 1918, but once in office, he survived the longest. General francisco franco ruled spain for nearly forty years, as one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nations long history. Until age 12, franco attended a private school run by a catholic priest. Francisco francowent to military school and became a great army cadetbecame a general at the age of 32youngest person to named general in europe in the 1920s. Francisco franco article about francisco franco by the. This period in spanish history, from the nationalist victory in the spanish civil war to franco. He has been the subject of many biographies, several of them more than a thousand pages in length, but all the preceding works have tended toward one extreme of interpretation or the other. Having visited spain many times, i found it surprising that a fascist dictatorship existed there well into the 70s and there was a protofascist uprising that was fortunately. Francisco javier ortiz franco 1954 in dolores hidalgo, guanajuato june 22, 2004 in tijuana, baja california was a mexican journalist, who was. It was a long, detailed and extremely wellresearched book about a shadowy figure, francisco franco, who dominated spanish politics for most of the 20th century. Descargar franco, mi padre jesus palacios en pdf libros. He became a general at the age of 32 after commanding the spanish foreign legion in morocco. Francisco franco y bahamonde 18921975, known as generalisimo francisco franco pron. He was a leader of a coup detat against the spanish second republic in 1936.
Francisco franco was a career soldier who rose through the ranks until the mid1930s. Francisco francos civil war propaganda by maisy bolgatz on prezi. Oct 30, 2017 general francisco franco ruled spain for nearly forty years, as one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nations long history. Francisco franco article about francisco franco by the free. Study 11 terms francisco franco flashcards quizlet. Franco joaquin arraras generalisimo francisco franco. Nov 06, 2019 francisco franco was a career soldier who rose through the ranks until the mid1930s. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Franco pdf books library land download free pdf books. Espana franquista, known in spain as the francoist dictatorship spanish. His regime was brutal, despicable, and in many respects ineffectual, yet it did not join the axis powers in world war ii and was a transitional type between traditional military dictatorships and more recent totalitarian regimes. Francisco paulino hermenegildo teodulo franco y bahamonde salgado pardo wym. Francisco franco biografia do ditador espanhol infoescola.