He joined a military coup, fought ruthlessly in the Spanish Civil War, and emerged as the dictator of Spain. For almost 40 years, Franco worked to transform the country into a bastion of tradition.

Growing up the son of Basque immigrants in rural California, Julian Zabalbeascoa mostly connected his family’s heritage to ...

Most recently, he is the author of The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933–1936: Origins of the Civil War, Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II, Spain: A Unique History and Civil War ...

Franco’s Pirates is an essential read for anyone interested in the Spanish Civil War, naval operations between the World Wars, and the concept of blockade. Note: Franco’s Pirates is also available in ...

Clie published a Spanish translation of American historian Beth Allison Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood, which ...

An event to remember thirty Teesside volunteers who fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War has been held in ...

EQUAL FOOTING The new law puts all Civil War victims, including those who fought on Franco's side, on an equal footing and ...

Franco’s greatest contribution to contemporary art came in a perverse manner. In 1936, he led troops against Spain’s democratically elected government igniting the Spanish Civil War which ...

I've always been interested in my heritage, and over the years, I discovered that I qualified to apply for citizenship in ...

General Franco ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. More than 350,000 people died in the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War, which saw Franco's Nationalist forces defeat the Republican government.

Tom Jones, aka Twm Sbaen, pictured in Barcelona 1938 with members of the anti-tank crews The life of a Welsh miner who was jailed in the Spanish Civil ... Franco in the 1936-39 war.

One fast-consolidating industry lore, compounded by Toronto dealing – or lack of it – has it that non-English-language dramas ...