Francisco Franco: The King Of Spain
When a baby boy was born in El Ferrol, Spain no one thought he would become the famous ruler of Spain alas he did and everyone soon knew the name Francisco Franco. Franco’s father was an officer in the spanish naval administrative group and his mother was a upper middle class conservative roman catholic. Franco came from four generations of naval officers. From birth it was expected that Franco would also go down the same path. When he was 14 years old he attended a military school and graduated three years later at the age of 17.
After graduation Franco volunteered to be Stationed in Spanish Morocco and he was stationed there until 1912. When he was only 20 years old he became first lieutenant in the company of the Moroccan based spanish …show more content…
Only 5 months after Franco had won the Spanish Civil War World War Two had begun Spain remained neutral during the war.
After the war ended Franco found himself under pressure to restore the monarchy in 1947 he announced that spain would be established as a monarchy but he would be the lifelong leader. The next year he began to monitor the education of Juan Carlos at the age of ten to prepare him to become king after Franco died. Juan was officially declared Franco's successor in 1969. Franco began romove domestic policies he also was very anti communist which made him favorable to the United States and in 1950 Spain was asked to join the United Nations and in 1953 he signed an agreement that protected spain from foreign …show more content…
Franco was viewed as a old statesman instead of the fascist dictator he was once seen as. Also in the sixties franco's health started to go down hill he announced that when he died Juan Carlos would become king a role he was groomed for since he was ten years old.
Francisco Franco died on November 20th 1975 when he was 83 years old. He lived a long and successful life. However after he died Juan Carlos who became him started to get rid of a lot of Franco's laws and what he had done. Soon Spain was a democratic constitutional monarchy system. Only three years after his death Spain has left little to no evidence of Franco’s
After graduation Franco volunteered to be Stationed in Spanish Morocco and he was stationed there until 1912. When he was only 20 years old he became first lieutenant in the company of the Moroccan based spanish …show more content…
Only 5 months after Franco had won the Spanish Civil War World War Two had begun Spain remained neutral during the war.
After the war ended Franco found himself under pressure to restore the monarchy in 1947 he announced that spain would be established as a monarchy but he would be the lifelong leader. The next year he began to monitor the education of Juan Carlos at the age of ten to prepare him to become king after Franco died. Juan was officially declared Franco's successor in 1969. Franco began romove domestic policies he also was very anti communist which made him favorable to the United States and in 1950 Spain was asked to join the United Nations and in 1953 he signed an agreement that protected spain from foreign …show more content…
Franco was viewed as a old statesman instead of the fascist dictator he was once seen as. Also in the sixties franco's health started to go down hill he announced that when he died Juan Carlos would become king a role he was groomed for since he was ten years old.
Francisco Franco died on November 20th 1975 when he was 83 years old. He lived a long and successful life. However after he died Juan Carlos who became him started to get rid of a lot of Franco's laws and what he had done. Soon Spain was a democratic constitutional monarchy system. Only three years after his death Spain has left little to no evidence of Franco’s