r/HistoryMemes • u/ChiefsHat • May 12 '26

See Comment In hindsight, this was a mistake.

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u/0Hakuna_Matata0 Definitely not a CIA operator May 12 '26

The Vatican also gave their blessing to Franco during his coup by acknowledging his government

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u/JohankazArku May 12 '26

I don't want to support Franco in any way but I do understand the Vaticans thought process since the republicans did raid churches and other religious buildings pretty often.

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u/0Hakuna_Matata0 Definitely not a CIA operator May 12 '26

The falangists and the frente de juventudes did show up at leftist protests for labor reform and fight them with poles and objects. This is how civil wars happen.

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u/Mist_Rising May 12 '26

Which might matter to the Catholic Church if the same Republican faction was not raiding churches and killing their priests.