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Francisco Franco: -In the years 1936 to 1939, during the Spanish Civil war, [|Francisco Franco], the general of the Spanish Army in Morocco, rose up against Manuel Azana who was the president of spain at the time. Although Franco was a small man he proved to be a very affective leader and enforcer and so he rose to power very quickly. He soon started his 40-year dictatorship in Spain where he proved to uphold a big position in World War II. Francisco Franco was a strong opposer of Communism which made him popular in America but not so much in Russia. Hitler requested that Franco join the Axis of powers but he refused and instead joined the United Nations. Even though Franco was seen as a harsh dictator associated with fear and death of his own people, he was still an opposer of Communism which allowed the British, France and America to trust him. Under Franco's rule Spain became very isolated from the rest of the world. Franco pushed law in Spain and if one went against the "law" they were punished severely. This marked the fact that Francisco Franco was a dictator and made many of his own people fear him. In July 1947, a law was passed that gave Franco rule over spain for life and because he was a strict dictator many spaniards were not happy with this. There was opposition and rebel groups that formed against him because they felt that they're freedom was being threatened. No oppositions ever succeeded in overpowering Franco and so he ruled until his death in November of 1975.


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