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How did Francisco Franco gain control as a dictator?

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He fought a civil war from 1936 to 1939, and won.

While he was an absolute dictator he was also a Spanish Patriot through and through. His only concern was the well being of Spain and it's people. You can abhor his methods, but you can't ignore his results. He grabbed Spain by the nap of the neck and dragged it, kicking and screaming, into the 20th century, and then he left it well on the way to being a Constitutional Monarchy. I would say that was no small feat.

I lived in Spain the last 10 years of his life. I respected him.

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