Spain’s aging Generalissimo Franco dressed up recently in his fanciest uniform and medals to pay a visit to his home region of Galicia on the occasion of the annual feast in La Coruña to the ...

At 33, Franco was the youngest general in all of Europe. During the Civil War he built his image as a military leader; before long, he was named “Generalissimo”—a general among generals.

After two and a half years of elaborate preparation, Generalissimo Francisco Franco last week put a Bill of Rights for Spaniards on display. In democratic eyes, it seemed hardly worth the trouble.

She ruled that the original gift of the mansion in 1938 had been handed to the "Generalissimo of the armies and head of state" but not in name to Francisco Franco Bahamonde, as he was known.

Film "commemorating" the death of the Spanish dictator, Generalissimo Francisco Franco (1893-1976), caricatured through the senile and sclerotic figure of an old man dragging himself in a ...

Over the years, the tournament has undergone several name changes, reflecting Spain's political changes. In fact, while Generalissimo Francisco Franco governed Spain between 1939 and 1976, the ...