Francisco Franco was born in El Ferrol in Galicia in 1892. He was going to join the navy, but instead he joined the army. In 1907 he joined the Infantry Academy in Toledo and graduated when he was 17. In 1912 he volunteered to be in colonial campaigns and was sent to the Spanish Morocco. He was promoted because he could handle the troops so well. In 1915 he became the youngest captain in the army. In 1935 he was appointed Chief of the Spanish Army's general staff, in this position he gained the most strength.
             On July 18, 1936, Franco's beliefs were broadcast. They acclaimed to a military rebellion. On that same morning, the rising began. Within the day, he was firmly in control of the Protectorate, and he marched to Madrid. On October 1, 1935, before the assault on Madrid, the army leaders met to choose a Generalissimo. This person would head the Nationalist Government. Franco was chosen, and became the Generalissimo. His government was a military dictatorship, but he organized the Spanish Fascist Party called the Falange. His regime was an institutionalized demanding system. In the Civil War, he was a very careful and efficient leader, and won the war on April 1, 1939. The war really wasn't fair, because it was the army and the government of Spain, Italy, and Germany against the people of Spain. As a result, the victor was obviously Franco and his regime. After the Spanish civil war, Spain was in ruins, so Franco stayed out of World War II. Franco came out of the Civil War as He!
             ad of State, government, armed forces, and the party, which showed his desperation to keep the power in his hands only. Spain made some major changes in its governmental system with Franco in power. The Falangist party melted into the background, so Franco was the only power in Spain. In 1947, Franco announced the restoration of the kingdom in Spain. Franco soon became known as a -Fascist dictator. Franco took over everything,
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