The Unspeakable Things That Francisco Franco Of Spain Did

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Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was born in El Ferrol, Spain, on December 4th 1892. His father’s military background and his mother’s devout Catholicism shaped the young Franco into a hardline traditionalist and after an uneventful childhood he entered a military school and progressed into the army. Despite a lackluster performance in the academy, Franco proved to be an incredible soldier in the field. He spent over a decade fighting in Morocco where he soared up the ranks, becoming Spain’s youngest Captain, Major, and then General in 1926. He was admired for his bravery and personal discipline that earned him the respect of his men and others in the military establishment. Franco settled into the command of
Zaragoza General Military Academy and spent several years quietly teaching the next generation of Spanish officers, but events were transpiring that would lead Franco down a very different path.

In April 1931, King Alfonso XIII of Spain was deposed by elections and a new left-wing Republican government took power. The Republican government closed Franco’s academy and reassigned him to an insignificant post to get him out of the way. Across Spain, Catholic schools and charities were closed down, Catholic orders like the Jesuits were outlawed, and priests were imprisoned and sometimes killed by spontaneous left-wing violence. Things got so bad that Pope Pius XI publicly denounced Spain for its oppression of the Church. Cuts to the military were one thing, but these attacks of Catholicism infuriated many Spaniards like Franco, but he kept his head down and obeyed his orders for the time being.

Spanish voters made their opposition clear in 1933 when they voted a right-wing coalition into power. However, the existing government blocked the right-wing parties from entering government for over a year. Soon after, Socialist and Communist militias staged insurrections to prevent a right-wing takeover of the country. The worst of these was in Asturias where labor unions rose up and killed dozens of people including priests, businessmen, and soldiers in October 1934. The government needed someone to deal with them: they needed Franco.

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