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The **Francoist Dictatorship** or *Francoist Spain* was the
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authoritarian, catholic, semi-[fascist](Fascism "wikilink") right-wing
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dictatorship that ran [Spain](Spain "wikilink") from 1939 to 1975. It is
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named after Francisco Franco,
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## History
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### Isolation
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Born out of the victorious [Nationalist](Nationalists_\( "wikilink")
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faction of the [Spanish Civil War](Spanish_Civil_War "wikilink"), Franco
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After the war, Spain was devastated.
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Very quickly after the end of the Spanish Civil War, World War II broke
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out, which Franco wanted to stay out of.
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### Entering the Cold War
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Spain began to warm up to France and Britain in 1948, and developed a
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close relationship with the US in 1950 as the US re-established
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diplomatic relations with Spain, and in 1953 a formal alliance was
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declared and soon the US began constructing several (still operational)
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military bases in Spain. Despite it being a fascist near-ally of Nazi
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Germany that engaged in horrific atrocities against its citizens and
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restricting free speech, the [US was fine with allying with
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it](Timeline_of_US_Imperialism "wikilink").
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### Spanish Miracle
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From 1959 to 1974, Spain became an economic miracle, it enjoyed the
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second highest growth rate in the world, only slightly behind
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[Japan](Japan "wikilink") and became the ninth largest economy in the
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world, just behind [Canada](Canada "wikilink"). In 1946 there were
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72,000 private cars in Spain, in 1966 there were over 1 million. This
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growth rate had no equal in the world.The economic boom had three main
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factors:
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- Political stability
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- Protectionist policies
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- State-ownership of key industries in shipbuilding, car
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manufacturing, petrochemical, textiles
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### Fall of the Dictatorship |