Francisco+Franco

General Francisco Franco was a successful military figure in Spain during the 1930s. He overthrew the Spanish Democratic Republic In the Spanish Civil War. After The Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 he established his lasting dictatorship. He was already The Chief of Staff of the Spanish army before the Civil War, in which he used that position to purge the army hierarchy left wing figures in order to strengthen the military institutions. After he successfully led the uprising against the Spanish government he led a military dictatorship until his death in 1975. During Francisco Franco's early years he seemed to be led by a path of power because his father was in the Spanish and naval administrative Corps, his mother was an upper-middle class Roman Catholic, And his elder brothers were naval officers as well. That path set him to attend the infantry Academy when he was just 14 years old. later on and his dictatorship, Franco declared Spain neutral in World War 2. He was sympathetic with the Axis powers and he even met with Adolf Hitler, but the Nazi cause could not meet the requirements of Franco's commitment, so he remained neutral throughout the war. "Francisco Franco Biography." Bio.com. Ed. Biography.com Editors. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.