Great Leaders Quotes
The Spanish Military Dictator Francisco Franco had supporters despite his Civil War that was the destruction of democracy in Spain and the slaughter of many of Franco’s opponents. He allied with Nazi Fascist Germany and Italy and allowed the German Air Force to test the aerial bombing of populated cities for the first time in history. The Spanish Aristocracy and the Roman Catholic Church were strong supporters of Franco while volunteers came from every other country in Europe to try and defeat the Fascists as WWII was around the corner if they were not stopped. An entire brigade of Americans—the Abraham Lincoln Brigade—came to support the Spanish Republicans but Franco and his Fascist allies had much more modern weaponry including total air supremacy thanks to Nazi Germany.
