Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco was born in El Ferrol, Spain, on December 4, 1892. He died in Madrid, Spain on November 20, 1975.

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• His elder brother was a naval officer.
• His father was also an officer in the Spanish Naval Corps.
• His mother was a conservative Roman-Catholic.

His influence was his father & grandfather.

Occupation

• Chief of the Spanish party.
• Later, he joined a rebel movement then led an uprising.
• Took control of Spain after Spanish civil war in 1939.
• Until his death he took over the military dictatorship.

Francisco Franco is known for being the youngest captain in the Spanish Army in 1915.

Accomplishment

• for leading a successful military rebellion.

He achieved this fame by imitating Adolf Hitler's tactics in Nazi Germany. These tactics involved political killings, 26,000 prisoners were locked up.

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• He married Carmen Polo y Martinez Valdes & they had a daughter.
• Catholicism was the only tolerated religion.
• Forbade Catalan & Basque names for newborns.
• Barred labor unions.
• Banned Catalan & Basque languages.

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• He married Carmen Polo y Martinez Valdes & they had a daughter.
• Catholicism was the only tolerated religion.
• Forbade Catalan & Basque names for newborns.
• Barred labor unions.
• Banned Catalan & Basque languages.

El nombre es Francisco Franco. Cuantos anos 83. Es de El Ferrol, Spain. Tiene pelo negro y corto y liso. El tambien ojos cafes. Tiene bigote pero no una barba. El es serio y tacano y horrible persona.

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