USA HISTORY

Spanish dictator that came to power after the Spanish Civil War ruled from 1939-1973

(A) ** Francisco Franco

(B) Adolf Hitler

(C) Hideki Tojo

(D) Erwin Rommel

Concept note-1: -Francisco Franco was a general and the leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); thereafter he was the head of the government of Spain until 1973 and the head of state until his death in 1975.

Concept note-2: -Francoist Spain (Spanish: España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (dictadura franquista), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title Caudillo.

Concept note-3: -The Nationalists won the war, which ended in early 1939, and ruled Spain until Franco’s death in November 1975.

Concept note-4: -On July 18, 1936, troops under the leadership of General Francisco Franco began an uprising against the democratically elected government of Spain. This revolt quickly escalated into a civil war. The Spanish Civil War is sometimes called a prelude to World War II.