Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish military general who was the leader of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. He had led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic d
Formal portrait, c. 1960
Franco being held by his parents, on the day of his baptism on 17 December 1892
Francisco and his brother Ramón in North Africa, 1925
Francoist Spain, also known as the Franco dictatorship, officially the Spanish State, was a state in Spanish history established in Nationalist-held territories of Spain ruled by Francisco Franco duri
Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler at the Meeting at Hendaye, 1940
Franco and U.S. President Gerald Ford riding in a ceremonial parade in Madrid, 1975
Armed forces in San Sebastián, 1942
Francoist demonstration in Salamanca in 1937