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Franco Part 4: The Cold War & the President

2021/6/1
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Franco immediately began persecuting his political enemies, issuing decrees and creating legal structures to eliminate opposition. He established concentration camps and used brutal tactics, including sexual violence, to terrorize and suppress any remaining resistance.

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The ‘White Terror’ continues. Spain’s strongman assumes power in Madrid, herding his defeated enemies into concentration camps. Franco commissions a movie to tell his own life story. Up in the mountains, die-hard rebels continue to resist. After World War Two, Franco seeks to re-brand. ‘El Caudillo’ sets about seducing a brand-new ally: the United States.

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