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Franco the Clever Dictator Who Shaped Spain
A profile of Francisco Franco detailing his ascent from Toledo infantry cadet to generalissimo. It notes his 1936 rise during the Civil War, 1947 life tenure law, 1950s shift toward ties with Communist blocs, and 1950s US agreements. It also covers his exile, marriage to Carmen Polo, and Spain's postwar isolation then economic awakening.
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Franco
Hitler
Mussolini
Spain
Josip Broz
Marshall Tito
Germany
Willy Brandt
Walter Ulbricht
Andre Malraux
George Orwell
Abraham Lincoln
Ernest Hemingway
el Ferrol
Strait of Gibraltar
Emilio Mola
Madrid
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Juan Carlos
Alfonso XIII
Axis
United Nations
United States