Lecture 5: The Franco Dictatorship,

1939 – 1975
The FET de las JONS
 We Three Kings…?
The Spanish Bourbons in the Twentieth Century

Juan Carlos
Alfonso XIII, Juan de Borbón I,
1902 – 1931 (never reigned) 1975 – 2014
(fled abroad) (abdicated)
Monarchies in modern Europe
 The “families” of Francoism

• Hard-core Franco die-hards

 The “families” of Francoism

• Hard-core Franco die-hards

• The Armed Forces
 The “families” of Francoism

• Hard-core Franco die-hards

• The Armed Forces
• The Falangists
 The “families” of Francoism

• Hard-core Franco die-hards

• The Armed Forces
• The Falangists
• The conservative monarchists
 The “families” of Francoism

• Hard-core Franco die-hards

• The Armed Forces
• The Falangists
• The conservative monarchists
• The professional classes
 The “families” of Francoism

• Hard-core Franco die-hards

• The Armed Forces
• The Falangists
• The conservative monarchists
• The professional classes
• The Catholic Church
The Bernabéu stadium (1947)
Eisenhower with Franco, Madrid, 1959
The Palomares Incident, 1966
The U.S. naval base at
Rota, Andalucia
The Madrid shantytown of Palomeras Bajas
(1960s and today)
Benidorm, Alicante:
1960 and 2016
Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO.)
 ETA assassinates
Admiral Carrero Blanco,
20th December 1973