Francoist Spain

Spain, 1939–1975. Draft, not yet reviewed

Francoist Spain was a state established in Nationalist-held territories of Spain ruled by Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939 and then comprising the whole of Spain from 1939 until Franco's death in 1975. The regime emerged from the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War and developed into a dictatorship centred on Franco. After a period of postwar isolation and autarky, the regime shifted in the 1950s toward economic liberalization and technocratic government. Following Franco's death in 1975, Spain entered the Spanish transition to democracy.

Seat of power: Madrid

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• The new government was a one-party authoritarian dictatorship explicitly modeled after Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany albeit with its own unique Spanish characteristics.
• At the end of the Spanish Civil War, according to the regime's own figures, there were more than 270,000 men and women held in prisons and some 500,000 had fled into exile.
• During the Second World War, Spain remained formally non-belligerent or neutral, though the regime was supportive of the Axis powers.

Picture

The Valley of the Fallen, officially the Valley of Cuelgamuros since 2022, is a Spanish memorial site in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range.

Image: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, file

Sources

• Francoist Spain (Wikipedia)
• Francoist Spain (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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