Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war ... before long, he was named “Generalissimo”—a general among generals. During the Civil War and later, as the ruler of Spain ...

For 27 years, Spain’s Generalissimo Francisco Franco has ruled his country with an iron hand — although in recent years the velvet glove has been more visible. Last week, in 55 minutes ...

There was still an Axis-sponsored dictator left in Europe, but Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s turn seemed to be coming up. The U.S., Britain and France (Soviet Russia has never recognized him ...

has launched a legal battle to expropriate a mansion used by 20th Century dictator Francisco Franco as a summer residence, arguing that the former Generalissimo's heirs have no right to enjoy the ...

LONDON-Spanish Insurgent headquarters at Salamanca tonight broadcast an official announcement that Generalissimo Francisco Franco's advance columns had captured Blanes, the first town in Gerona ...

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.