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Army Career Begins
Graduated from the Toledo Infantry Academy as a lieutenant. -
Period: to
Spanish Civil War
Spanish civil war takes place, mainly due to franco's rise to power. -
Takes Leadership
Franco assumed the leadership of the 30,000 soldiers of the Spanish Army of Africa. -
Former leader of the uprising dies
The primary leader General José Sanjurjo, dies in a plane crash. -
Political Leadership
Franco recognized as the Spanish head of state by Great Britain and France. -
Coma
Franco falls into a coma and is put on life support. -
death
Franco dies from heart failure. -
Birth
Francisco Franco was born on this day in Galicia.