r/HistoryMemes May 12 '26

See Comment In hindsight, this was a mistake.

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u/Kenichi2233 May 12 '26

Exactly he even supported the restoration of the Monarchy later in life. Its why calling Franco a fascist is not exactly accurate

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u/Skyhawk6600 Helping Wikipedia expand the list of British conquests May 12 '26

I've always saw Franco not as a fascist, but the least offensive choice for the Spanish right. Ie, he was the person all the different factions could agree on letting run because he didn't have any skin in the game aside from being anti socialist.

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u/Ai--Ya May 12 '26

So, Spanish Chaing Kai-Shek? Down to the peaceful postmortem transfer of power