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Early years
In 1892, his was the beginning of a strong ruthless dictator. He was born into a Spanish Naval family. He went to an infantry school in Toledo and received below average grades this is ironic he became the strongest militaristic leaders to ever live. -
Franciso Franco gets married
in 1923, he married Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás -
Franco becomes General
In 1926, Francisco Franco was recognized for his military victories over Moroccan war chiefs leading rebellions against the Spanish. He was promoted to Brigadier General and received a high amount of respect throughout Spain. -
Coal Miner Strike
In 1934, Asturian miners went on Strike. Following this, Franco and his troops went and fought against the Miners. In the aftermath 1,500 miners were estimated to be killed while another 200 were estimated to be imprisoned and raped by Franco's troops. -
Franco's becomes head of the nationalists
In October of 1936, Franciso Franco became leader of the Nationalists in Spain. -
Victory in the Spanish revolution
After years of fighting with heavy German and Italian assistance, Franco pulled an unconditional victory winning over Spain. -
World War II starts
With the start of WWII, many European countries were dragged into the fight. Despite being close with Germany and Italy, Franco decided to stay neutral and not get involved with the war. -
Franco's Concentration Camps
In July of 1940, Franco created 190 concentration camps holding around 170,000 troops. These prisoners were either republican ex-combatants of the Spanish Republican Army, Spanish Republican Air Force or the Spanish Republican Navy, as well as political dissidents, homosexuals, and regular convicts. The main function of the camps was to detain but those who were named as "unrecoverable" were killed -
The last concentration camp
The last concentration camp, located at Miranda del Ebro, was closed in 1947 -
Becoming a king
In, 1947 Francisco Franco declared himself as king -
Francisco Franco selects a new king after him
in 1969 he handpicked Prince Juan Carlos, the grandson of King Alfonso XIII, for the role. Though Juan Carlos had spent a good deal of time alongside Franco and publicly supported the regime, he pressed for change immediately taking the thron by the legalization of political parties -
Franciso Franco dies
November 20, 1975 was the end of Francisco Franco and his fierce rule. -
el pacto del olvido(the pact of forgiving)
It was a pact that said the people would not talk about Francisco Franco and how it was like to live under his rule -
Summary
Francisco Franco was a fierce and unforgiving dictator. Concentration camps, declaring himself king, and the fact that there was a pact made so the people of Spain would not bring him up. Even 40 years after his rule, the people of Spain can still feel the effects of what he did to Spain.
