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* ''Literature/MineWereOfTrouble:'' The author, Peter Kemp, meets him at the end of the book, becoming one of the few foreign volunteers to do so. This is shortly before the war's end.
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As of 2023, he [[Series/SaturdayNightLive is still dead.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', an AlternateHistoryNaziVictory mod for ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'', Franco appears as a co-leader (along with UsefulNotes/AntonioDeOliveiraSalazar) of the Iberian Union, a union of Spain and UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}} that was formed in response to Nazi aggression.
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* In ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron'', where the start date is 1936, has Franco lead Nationalist Spain during the Civil War, but Republicans can win the war, or another leader may take over the Nationalist side if ahistorical focuses are taken.
** In ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', an AlternateHistoryNaziVictory mod for ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'', Franco appears as a co-leader (along with UsefulNotes/AntonioDeOliveiraSalazar) of the Iberian Union, a union of Spain and UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}} that was formed in response to Nazi aggression.
** In ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', an AlternateHistoryNaziVictory mod for ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'', Franco appears as a co-leader (along with UsefulNotes/AntonioDeOliveiraSalazar) of the Iberian Union, a union of Spain and UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}} that was formed in response to Nazi aggression.
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Originally third in command of the Spanish rebels, Franco rose to power after his superiors, José Sanjurjo and Emilio Mola, died in a pair of rather convenient plane crashes. It is worth noting that, while he enjoyed support from fascists both abroad and within Spain (most notably the "proto-fascist" Falangists), Franco did not fully subscribe to the ideology, choosing to shun its revolutionary aspects in favor of Catholic traditionalism, which won him support from the monarchist factions and the Catholic Church itself and further cementing his power. Despite the remaining similarities, and popular perceptions that bunch the ideologies together, it's generally agreed that his personal approach differed enough from fascism to merit the rather perfunctory name of [[ShapedLikeItself Francoism]].
After obtaining power, Franco brutally cracked down on political opponents to solidify his reign. The Blueshirts, his paramilitary secret police and equivalent to the Nazi ''Einsatzgruppen'' or SS, killed scores of people in Spain both on the streets and through means such as concentration camps. Unfortunately, any international scrutiny over these actions faded when the UsefulNotes/ColdWar began. This shift in international politics, combined with Franco's opposition to Spanish communists during the civil war and his neutrality in World War II, led to something of an EnemyMine situation with the Western world. UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} and the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates quietly supported his regime and overlooked his crimes, and Franco in turn moderated some of his stances and policies over the years to maintain their support.
At this point of his career, Franco was essentially an [[TheArtifact artifact]] of pre-WWII Europe that had earned a place in the Cold War chessboard through political maneuvering and sheer convenience. Shocking to modern readers might be the bare fact that he was literally a former friend of Hitler who had managed to become a friend of the Allies [[KarmaHoudini without actually making amends]] or even [[TheUnapologetic abandoning the core of his ideology]]. Those notions have generated entire books and a lot of debate, and are considered somewhat of a low point in Western history.
After obtaining power, Franco brutally cracked down on political opponents to solidify his reign. The Blueshirts, his paramilitary secret police and equivalent to the Nazi ''Einsatzgruppen'' or SS, killed scores of people in Spain both on the streets and through means such as concentration camps. Unfortunately, any international scrutiny over these actions faded when the UsefulNotes/ColdWar began. This shift in international politics, combined with Franco's opposition to Spanish communists during the civil war and his neutrality in World War II, led to something of an EnemyMine situation with the Western world. UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} and the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates quietly supported his regime and overlooked his crimes, and Franco in turn moderated some of his stances and policies over the years to maintain their support.
At this point of his career, Franco was essentially an [[TheArtifact artifact]] of pre-WWII Europe that had earned a place in the Cold War chessboard through political maneuvering and sheer convenience. Shocking to modern readers might be the bare fact that he was literally a former friend of Hitler who had managed to become a friend of the Allies [[KarmaHoudini without actually making amends]] or even [[TheUnapologetic abandoning the core of his ideology]]. Those notions have generated entire books and a lot of debate, and are considered somewhat of a low point in Western history.
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Originally third in command of the Spanish rebels, Franco rose to power after his superiors, José Sanjurjo and Emilio Mola, died in a pair of rather convenient plane crashes. It is worth noting that, while he enjoyed support from fascists both abroad and within Spain (most notably the "proto-fascist" Falangists), Franco did not fully subscribe to the their ideology, instead choosing to shun its revolutionary aspects in favor of Catholic traditionalism, which won him support from the monarchist factions and the Catholic Church itself and further cementing cemented his power. power in Spain. Despite the remaining similarities, and popular perceptions that bunch the ideologies together, it's generally agreed that his personal approach system differed enough from fascism to merit the rather perfunctory name of [[ShapedLikeItself Francoism]].
After Franco's personalist ways made his relations with fascists harder than they desired, to the point of being basically TheFriendNobodyLikes. Notably, Hitler hated him, considering the Spanish dictator an ungrateful, inflated pansy that had ended in a privileged position by dumb luck, and this didn't improve when Franco weaseled out of supporting Germany militarily, only allowing logistic support and volunteering units like the Blue Division. Mussolini was less extroverted, but he still considered Franco lame and a political slacker. Ultimately, Franco only made nebulous promises of entering the war in the future before basically sitting to wait to see who would win.
Since obtaining power, Franco brutally cracked down on political opponents to solidify his reign. The Blueshirts, his paramilitary secret police and equivalent to the Nazi ''Einsatzgruppen'' or SS, killed scores of people in Spain both on the streets and through means such as concentration camps. Unfortunately, any international scrutiny over these actions faded when the UsefulNotes/ColdWar began. This shift in international politics, combined with Franco's opposition to Spanish communists during the civil war and his functional neutrality in World War II, led to something of an EnemyMine situation with the Western world. UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} and the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates quietly supported his regime and overlooked his crimes, and Franco in turn moderated some of his stances and policies over the years to maintain their support.
At this point of his career, Franco was essentially an [[TheArtifact artifact]] of pre-WWII Europe that had earned a place in the Cold War chessboard through political maneuvering and sheer convenience. Shocking to modern readers might be the bare fact that he was literally a formerfriend comrade of Hitler who had managed to become a friend comrade of the Allies [[KarmaHoudini without actually making amends]] or even [[TheUnapologetic abandoning the core of his ideology]]. Those notions have generated entire books and a lot of debate, and are considered somewhat of a low point in Western history.
Since obtaining power, Franco brutally cracked down on political opponents to solidify his reign. The Blueshirts, his paramilitary secret police and equivalent to the Nazi ''Einsatzgruppen'' or SS, killed scores of people in Spain both on the streets and through means such as concentration camps. Unfortunately, any international scrutiny over these actions faded when the UsefulNotes/ColdWar began. This shift in international politics, combined with Franco's opposition to Spanish communists during the civil war and his functional neutrality in World War II, led to something of an EnemyMine situation with the Western world. UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} and the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates quietly supported his regime and overlooked his crimes, and Franco in turn moderated some of his stances and policies over the years to maintain their support.
At this point of his career, Franco was essentially an [[TheArtifact artifact]] of pre-WWII Europe that had earned a place in the Cold War chessboard through political maneuvering and sheer convenience. Shocking to modern readers might be the bare fact that he was literally a former
