HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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Spain was politically torn between Right-Wing Nationalists and Left-Wing Republican Parties
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Spain was divided between Catholics and Protestants
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Spain was divided between whites and blacks
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Francisco Franco: El Caudillo Francisco Franco (December 4, 1892 – November 20, 1975) was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a dictator for 36 years from 1939 until his death. As a conservative and a monarchist, he opposed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic in 1931.
Detailed explanation-2: -On March 28, 1939, the Republicans finally surrendered Madrid, bringing the Spanish Civil War to an end. Up to a million lives were lost in the conflict, the most devastating in Spanish history. Franco subsequently served as dictator of Spain until his death in 1975.
Detailed explanation-3: -General Miguel Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship over Spain began with a coup on 13 September 1923 and ended with his resignation on 28 January 1930.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the war itself, 100, 000 persons were executed by the Nationalists; after the war ended in spring 1939, another 50, 000 were put to death. Martial law remained in place in Franco’s Spain until 1948, and former Republicans were subjected to various forms of discrimination and punishment.