No, he was not
Francisco Franco
Germany (Hitler) and Italy (Mussolini)
Francisco Franco
it was Hitler, Francisco Franco,Otto Skorzeny,Ida Dalser. wife is Donna Rachele Mussolini
Hitler and Mussolini both helped Franco out for various reasons. Hitler and Germany wanted to test some of their new ideas and equipment. The best way to test weapons of war naturally are on the battlefield. In addition, Franco's fight was against the communists. This was an added bouns to the Axis desire to aid Franco. But Franco was a shrewd politician, in addition to being a general. He knew that in the long run, if Britain stayed in the war, that the odds are Germany would lose, so he played the middle, by not committing to the war. In addition, Spain was devastated by the three-year civil war, and didn't have the resources nor the national will to enter into another conflict.
Answer this question…Franco did not try to expand Spain's borders.
Answer this question…Franco did not try to expand Spain's borders.
With Hitler he was a socialist. He had nothing in common with Stalin.
Answer this question…Franco did not try to expand Spain's borders.
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Germany (Hitler) and Italy (Mussolini)
Francisco Franco
it was Hitler, Francisco Franco,Otto Skorzeny,Ida Dalser. wife is Donna Rachele Mussolini
Hitler and Mussolini both helped Franco out for various reasons. Hitler and Germany wanted to test some of their new ideas and equipment. The best way to test weapons of war naturally are on the battlefield. In addition, Franco's fight was against the communists. This was an added bouns to the Axis desire to aid Franco. But Franco was a shrewd politician, in addition to being a general. He knew that in the long run, if Britain stayed in the war, that the odds are Germany would lose, so he played the middle, by not committing to the war. In addition, Spain was devastated by the three-year civil war, and didn't have the resources nor the national will to enter into another conflict.
Mussolini was member of Fascist party of Italy and he wanted to extend the Italian empire and fascism ideology over the world. Franco was a conservative general but not related with any party and has connect with Vatican because he wanted to recover the catholic spain. The only party that was in dictatorship was a coalitions of conservatives and Fascists. From 1939-1958 "falange Española": The fascist were at the government because of the Hitler growing support in europe, Franco had to accept them. From 1958-1975 " movimiento nacional": The defeat of nazi regime in europe and the isolation of the govern of franco pressure the conservatives to grow in power to connected with allies. The famous meeting between Franco and Hitler in Hendaya was a secret but when franco met Hitler in person was very surprised. Hitler was very proud, he wanted spain as slave with the govern of the country and the control of the army. Franco said NO. Hitler was a person that demanded spain a lot without giving nothing back.
Hitler had helped Franco in the Spanish Civil War, though not out of pure charity. He needed to test the men and the equipment of his new Luftwaffe which had never seen action. When World War 2 started, Hitler expected Franco to support him in return, especially in letting German troops enter Spain in order to capture Gibraltar. Franco refused to allow this, because he wanted to stay out of the war, and was also unsure of the unity of his own armed forces. To appease Hitler and stave-off a German invasion, Franco reluctantly sent a single division to serve on the Russian front. But he soon saw that the tide was turning against the Axis, and that the Allies would be his future trading partners.