How Did Spain Influence Mussolini And Franco

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ambassadors from Madrid, so Spain introduced international isolation that continued into the 1950s.
Franco called himself the "Chorillo" leader. Although Spain officially followed the policy of neutrality in World War II, Franco supported Nazi Germany. During his authoritarian rule, he appointed all members of the Spanish parliament, the "Cartes" A democratic front, prisons were overcrowded, and martial law prevailed, and the phenomenon of military courts flourished.
In order to face the economic crisis suffered by Spain, he flirted with America and proposed the establishment of military bases, and signed an agreement with on September 26, 1953, to have naval and air bases in exchange for military and economic aid.
Franco established a one-party
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Since Francisco came to the throne of Spain the number of Europe tyrants became 3, "Hitler, Mussolini, Francisco" And the strange was that despite the help of the communism and the participants for Francisco to reach power, they were the first that he got rid of them after he reached the judgement, and like Hitler and Mussolini he had made himself a leader and father of Spain and decided to choose a nickname for himself like, ( Hitler," the Führer "and Mussolini" Ducci ")Francisco took the title of" Kaudio "that means the leader of the nation.
His regime was supposed to collapse as of Hitler and Mussolini's regimes after World War II, but he was very cautious. He declared Spain's neutrality during the war and that saved him from the fate of his friends and his creditors (Hitler and Mussolini).
Spain, under Francisco, became a police state, He also tortured and humiliated citizens who refused to be loyal to him. Francisco was not only chasing freedom-loving people, but also art and culture lovers, his first murder was of the Spanish poet Lorca, a crime that has chased his regime till the end since his final victory over Spanish

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