The first post-Franco elections were held in June , and, except for an hour-long coup attempt in , Spain has remained democratic ever since. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. Francisco Pizarro was an explorer, soldier and conquistador best known for conquering the Incas and executing their leader, Atahuapla.
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Patton began his military career leading cavalry troops against Mexican forces and became the first officer assigned to the new U. Promoted through the ranks over the next several decades, he Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Recommended for you. How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland. Francisco Pizarro. It has been suggested Franco did not officially join the Axis Powers because the resources he requested from Adolf Hitler in October were not forthcoming.
Brutally crushed the Asturian miners' strike of with the use of troops, aircraft, warships and armored trains. After World War II Spain was not allowed to join the newly created United Nations because of its wartime support for the Axis, and it was isolated by many other countries until the mids. After the Spanish Civil War a telegram sent from Franco's headquarters was discovered and revealed that he had asked the German Condor Legion to carry out the attack on Guernica.
Invaded and occupied the Tangier International Zone in , maintaining its occupation until Allowed the former Croatian fascist dictator Ante Pavelic to secretly move to Spain in Franco's aid to German saboteurs resulted in the sinking of multiple Allied ships, and many of the Abwehr agents who carried out the missions were recruited from Spain. His regime worked with Axis intelligence networks, allowing them to spy on Allied ships moving through the straights of Gibraltar.
Despite his agreement with the Allies in , Franco continued to supply intelligence to the Axis and smuggled at least tons of war materials to Germany. The revival of German fortunes in the eastern Mediterranean during the Dodecanese campaign of September-November helped restore Franco's confidence in the German war effort, shaken by the Allied landings in North Africa and Italy, and ensured several months of continued Spanish tungsten exports for the German war industry.
Despite the objections of many senior American officials, Churchill argued that Franco's regime should be allowed to remain in power after the war. An urban myth held that Franco deliberately kept Hitler waiting when they met at Hendaye.
In reality Franco's late arrival resulted not from political calculation but from the decrepit Spanish railroad's inability to get him there on time. At the meeting at Hendaye on 23 October Franco spoke at length, and what he said scarcely indicated neutrality. He thanked Hitler for all that Nazi Germany had done to support Spain, and he also affirmed Spain's intention to be Germany's military partner. When he met Hitler in October Franco requested deliveries of food and fuel.
However he may not have realized that Germany had limited fuel supplies, and that in the territories Hitler had conquered - even in agriculturally rich countries like France - food production was already rapidly declining. German forces were given pride of place at Franco's victory march in Madrid in the summer of Franco himself at this point greatly admired Hitler. German advisers were prominent in the army, the police, and the press.
German SS leader Heinrich Himmler visited Spain in and even he was surprised by the open level of violence towards opponents of the Franco regime. In late , Albert Einstein backed calls for the United States to break off diplomatic relations with Franco, because the Spanish dictator had been an ally of Adolf Hitler. Franco offered to join the war if he could be provided with sufficient quantities of grain, oil and weapons, but Germany never had them available.
If Hitler had been able to exploit Ukrainian grain production and Caucasus oil, he would have had the means to supply Spain, but this was never achieved. Guerrilla activities in Spain, inspired largely by the Communist Party, were brutally suppressed from to Lists of members of "this notorious race" helped to compile the Archivos Judaicos, which the regime maintained at least until In , "El Pais" claimed that, as Spain negotiated its possible entry into the war on the side of the Axis powers, the list was handed to Heinrich Himmler.
As part of its effort to be allowed to join the United Nations, the Franco regime claimed to have rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Individual Spaniards helped Jews but this was rarely done at the instigation of the regime. Franco's regime did not seriously try to help Jews until when the tide of war had turned decisively against the Axis. They want us to come into the war in exchange for nothing.
We cannot trust them if they do not undertake, in whatever we sign, a binding, formal contract to grant to us now those territories which I have explained to them are ours by right.
Otherwise, we will not enter the war now. This new sacrifice of ours would only be justified if they reciprocated with what would become the basis of our empire.
After the victory, despite what they say, if they do not make a formal commitment now, they will give us nothing. There is no doubt about the alliance. Despite what I've said, if the day ever arrived when Germany really needed me, she would have me unconditionally at her side without any demands on my part.
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