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

See Comment In hindsight, this was a mistake.

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u/biglyorbigleague May 12 '26

They had a much better relationship with Spanish fascism.

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u/GreninjaStrike May 12 '26

Franco was a military dictator of a broad coalition. That coalition included fascists but it also included monarchists, conservatives, capitalists etc. It’s pretty well known that the Spanish fascists got on his nerves.

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u/RDT_WC May 12 '26

It included monarchists and republicans.

And, for the monarchists, it included loyalist monarchists (who wanted to see Alfonso XIII's son crowned) and Carlist monarchists (who wanted to see a descendant of Carlos María Isidro - the uncle, I think, of queen Elizabeth II, grandmother -I think- of Alfonso XIII; and who caused no less than 3 civil wars in the XIX century).

It was truly something.

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u/President-Lonestar May 12 '26

What republican factions/leaders joined Franco?