Francisco Franco: The Rise of the Generalisimo

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[@Persiaking10]

19:15 "the Führer, he was Führious"

[@miguelencanarias]

That was heilarious!

[@BxLiteKid]

LMAO LMAO LMAO!!!! That was funny as hell lol

[@odinbiflindi]

Jawohl ✋

[@odinbiflindi]

Anne frankly uncalled for.

[@miguelencanarias]

And reichly so.

[@rmcewan10]

As a Brit, one very, very important detail that is rather cavalierly passed over here is that the Royal Navy provided naval protection to the Nationalists as they were ferried across the straits of Gibraltar to Algercias. The battleship Queen Elizabeth amongst other vessels prevented the Republican navy from interdicting this movement of troops, and this had a direct effect on the course of the war. Furthermore, both the UK and the USA (and France, actually) provided material support to the Nationalists at different points in the war. The Civil War is often painted as fascists versus communists, when in reality, it was fascists and conservative democrats vs liberal democrats and communists vs anarchists. Everybody had skin in the game, and the Allied powers decided that a communist Spain was worse than a Fascist Spain - this was at the same time as British ministers were describing Hitler as a 'bulwark against communism', and British intelligence was feeding information to the Germans about the Soviet intervention in Spain. Like practically every war in the 20th Century, every side was guilty of some iniquity, and best practice was not what was right, but what was expedient.

[@Cornerforward]

I have recently started educating myself on the Spanish civil war. Are you saying here that not only the Nazi's and Mussolini's fascists supported Franco's African troops to land at Algecirus (from Morocco) but also the Royal Navy ? Might this be why Franco never moved on Gibraltar ?

[@jochembuwalda6105]

The morrocan spanish army was airlifted by the germans and italians the spanish navy stayed republican

[@tomfrazier1103]

Definitions of "Iniquity"change over the years, and meanings vary among people.

[@rmcewan10]

@@tomfrazier1103 ironically, it’s one of the few words that hasn’t changed its meaning in rather a long time - since it’s appearance in Latin as ‘iniquitas’ (where in fairness, it had the more specific meaning of injustice rather than malfeasance more generally), it has always had effectively the same connotations. I don’t know that no semantic change in 2000 years can be described as “changing its meaning regularly”.

[@tomfrazier1103]

Mr. McEwan, the left sees all humanity and their constructs as plastic, importantly languages. I've read rather much Communist texts in English.

[@helpmereach690subscribers3]

Franco: aka the only fascist leader whom remembered to take his chill pills between 1939-1945

[@pakopepefdez185]

I hope you say that bc you don't know about post spanish civil war repression.

[@How23497]

Anler Cabrera ...that's what he done, killed all of his opposition lmao dumbass

[@dukeofmania6504]

We can all agree he did horrible things, but at least he never planned for his regime to live past him. A dictator so Spain would never again have a dictator.

[@thomaswilburn6263]

@Disposable Email 3 billion to be exact

[@SonofTiamat]

*who Not knowing the difference between "who" and "whom" makes you look like an idiot

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:25 - Chapter 1 - The small cadet 3:35 - Chapter 2 - El novia de la muerte 7:20 - Chapter 3 - End of an era 11:40 - Mid roll ads 13:10 - Chapter 4 - A coup within a coup 14:45 - Chapter 5 - Continuing the war 18:20 - Chapter 6 - The caudillo & the fuhrer 20:10 - Chapter 7 - A gradual transition 26:00 - Chapter 8 - Last words

[@berserker8716]

novi *o* Thanks for the time stamps tho

[@antoniogarciasegovia]

El novio de la muerte.*

[@katies7158]

Where was this channel when I was failing world history in high school?

[@Overworkedandunderpaid]

Krazy Katie right?!

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

Not existing?.. 😂

[@cheymilion3168]

Really history is so easy and interesting, but too each its own.

[@stellaercolani3810]

No offense but libraries?🤔☺️

[@AftermathRV]

@@cheymilion3168 its only interresting if you can see the larger picture(some people either dont care or are inable to do just that) and or if you like fiction that actually happened, and if youre good at remembering (some people have shitty long germ memorys but are great at remembering bridges, which is why they are really good at math,geometry etc) , so, its totally fine, not everyone Can be good at it. Also, some people are audiovisual learners, which means taht books wont do that for them, read: me for example.

[@henriqueoliveira3872]

Here ara some ideias for bios! *Antonio Salazar (dictator of portugal) *Franz Joseph (ruller of autrio-hungary) *Gorbachev of ussr *Andrew Jackson (the famous and controversial president of the us) Thanks! Love your channel

[@guilhermesequeira9373]

Yes thanks man I would love to see Salazar ( I'm Portuguese) and Franz Joseph

[@viajesangel8673]

Você fala português? Eu penso-lo porque como escreveu a palavra “ideias”

[@nerdsrus5642]

Andrew Jackson would be amazing

[@henriqueoliveira3872]

@@viajesangel8673 falo e sou portugues

[@kemvalen4784]

I think we’ll have to wait for Gorbachev as he’s still alive (at time of writing)

[@victorcabanelas]

Great job! The Spanish Civil War's quite complex, specially if you only focus on one person. I'm from Argentina, most of my great-grandparents were refugees from the conflict so, of course, I'm familiar with it but, in any case, it was an amazing episode. Just wanted to say props to everyone who worked on it! Cheers!

[@chefntoast]

The?? As in singular?

[@victorcabanelas]

@@chefntoast I don't know what you mean.

[@11th_defender51]

@@victorcabanelas he's making a reference to the fact spain had many civil wars.

[@victorcabanelas]

@@wolfensko nope, both were born here. But their parents came from Spain and France.

[@user-bo7zv6sr8m]

@@victorcabanelas i'm sure the user was asking in reference of the classic dumb saying "argentines are descendants of naz*s"

[@sohrabnizoumi-berizi328]

So much similarities between Franco and Benito's families. Mothers very religious but fathers womanisers and fund of alcohol Lol

[@kaliyuga1476]

Basically any mediterranean family in that time

[@hyperion3145]

@@kaliyuga1476 Basically any Latin family any time

[@jesseflores9087]

Which Benito? the Mexican?

[@alpacamale2909]

@@jesseflores9087 Mussi

[@sheepketchup9059]

@@hyperion3145 Spain is Hispanic, but not Latin. They're not the same thing.

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

I swear Simon is telepathic, any time I want to know something about a person in history he uploads a video about them

[@cormacmacsuibhne2867]

I know. One time I asked myself what happens to your property and money when you're sentenced to life imprisonment and he made a video about it a few days before it.

[@trint3089]

The Republic Of Ireland you’re so fake. Choke.

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

I hope you have a nice day

[@markpacowhitinger7226]

Michael Christian i SERIOUSLY sencond that !

[@leonzoful]

@Owen K. Well, with that picture of Primo de Rivera I bet you are waiting for his biography xD

[@TTillahFK]

Can't do Franco, without doing Salazar aswell ;)

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Agreed.

[@nicolajrath1570]

Was about to suggest the same

[@paulfrantizek102]

Salazar was another great. They should complete the Trifecta and do General Mannerheim as well.

[@chadmearhoff9086]

and willem dafoe, the leader of republican Spain

[@MrLukic123]

Cant wait for salazar's episode, he was very interesting man, lot of people consider him faschist yet he strongly oposed hitler and musolini and their ideologies Also he was ecomomist by profession not a soldier or a politician like most dictators

[@scoe5908]

Rexist leader Leon Degrelle would be a good episode, he sought refuge in Spain after commanding the Wallonie SS during the war.

[@jjt1881]

Not really. He is not part of the Spanish Civil War.

[@daveanderson3805]

His escape from a crumbling Reich in the closing days of the war to Spain was protracted and the stuff of Hollywood Well worth going into

[@jdmortega9121]

You dont know about British fascists like Mosley .....they were more nazis than Hitler and the coward of Chamberlain , the alcoholic Winston great genius man

[@troy_opal2054]

@@jdmortega9121 did you have a stroke writing this, just curious no offense intended

[@ethanramos4441]

“I am responsible only to god and history” Francisco Franco

[@greenhillburma]

I don't think God and history go well together. I mean, when had they ever?

[@adamf663]

kill them all, god will know his own.

[@admiralsnackbar7689]

Great, so by his Catholic faith unless he went to reconciliation chances are he's laughing with Satan and by history he's regarded as an oppressive dictator. So, lose-lose I guess.

[@michealmcneal2259]

Cool history is now so lets dig him up.

[@tomfrazier1103]

The negative aspects of his legacy are till excoriated by the Left, because he won, and made Spain a functional anti-Communist state in the postwar years. Whenever a "Side" wins in a Civil War, resentments linger, just look at the U.S. The Left seeks to politicize everything, and Spain was free to be non-political for a while.

[@diogomachado2593]

If im not mistaken the dictatorship in Portugal was longer than the Spanish one. And an Antonio Salazar bio would be interesting I belive.

[@honestguy7764]

Diogo Machado But had two main figures, Salazar and Caetano

[@diogomachado2593]

@@honestguy7764 yes but if you say that the Spanish dictatorship started with the end of the civil war in 1939 it means that it lasted 36 years (1939-1975) and the portuguese one lasted 37 (with Salazar) from 1933 to 1970.

[@diogomachado2593]

@@honestguy7764 I might be wrong but I think it is like that

[@honestguy7764]

Diogo Machado If I consider the Dictatorship, the Estado Novo, it begun in 1926, the it was constitucionalized in 1933 and ended up back in 1974. as per salazar, he was the head from 1932 to 1968, and Caetano from 68 to 1974. Franco, was Franco, he had no heir; Juan Carlos was no ideological heir of him

[@diogomachado2593]

@@honestguy7764 i thought salazar was the head of state untill his death my mistake

[@Gian-jq9zk]

“He only joined them the following day on September 27th, 2019” 11:20 wtf

[@thepepper191]

0_0

[@carlosnevarez4003]

Hah! As Franco once said.. "No bueno bro... No bueno.." O,o

[@justtheilluminativ282]

Gian hol up

[@crazydave951]

I came here to say the same thing. You beat me to it.

[@canag0d]

@11:00 He posts “September 1936” and moments later it says “2019”. It’s clearly a typo. Nevertheless nice catch man!

[@katemaloney4296]

Whenever I hear the name "Generalissimo Franco" I think of that scene in "You've Got Mail" and Meg Ryan's bestie confides that the reason she couldn't marry the man she loved was because he was "busy running Spain", and it turned out to be Franco.

[@Ozymandias1]

It reminds me of a scene from Fawlty Towers where someone asks where the Generalissimo was (refering to Basil Fawlty) and Manuel says "In Madrid!"

[@budwilliams6590]

Chevy Chase. Saturday Night Live. Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

[@marijakara]

I love how you explain every character in your videos without having to take on a side from pro or anti. Kudos Biographics!

[@sayuas4293]

It's pretty easy to take side against a dictator.

[@thatwolfensteinguy8954]

@@sayuas4293 i dislike Francos politics, but i like that he is Christian.

[@ChadThundersneed]

@Tyler Hopkins and what was before him my friend? Was the republican revolutionaries killing priests, raping nuns, and generally being terrible human beings not horrible?

[@johnbaker4246]

@Tyler Hopkins Funny thing that, Franco wasn't a fascist. Nationalist, yes. Fascist no.

[@warthunder9155]

@Tyler Hopkins Fascist dictatorship bad. Communist dictatorship good.

[@AftermathRV]

11:20 september 2019 eh? damn i didnt know that the spanish civil war is ongoing.

[@thepepper191]

Yup

[@juanmanuelzardainbuganza8889]

AftermathRV it has been a long war, but after the economic crisis we finally are trying to make paz.

[@juanmanuelzardainbuganza8889]

Ratko Mladic well they are free to say whatever the want.

[@keineahnung6124]

That's Simon's trademark,he usually mistakes dates,I Don't know if inadvertently,because he talks so fast,or to see if you're paying attention. Which one is it Simon?

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

There's a NETFLIX called Two Catalonias that is quite instructive if subtitles do not bother you.

[@mrskiguy7777]

That Napoleon "hello" tripped me up. Haha

[@ClaireScullyClaireBlue]

I actually caught me off gaurd

[@dyveira]

I find it funny many dictators started out obsessed with their mothers and usually with average or below-average military careers. I also didn't know that Otto Skorzeny escaped to Spain, but I assumed that he probably escaped after the war because of how skilled he was and that he would have been a very wanted man.

[@walterweiss7124]

he even made an extra bio about Skorzeny I've seen yesterday

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

I love my parents very much as well, and I'm a conservative. I'll let you know when, 40 years later, I become the Caudillo of India.

[@frankunderbush]

Moral of the story: don't bully people - you never know which one will end up as a dictator.

[@billrentz]

"This just in: Generalisimo Francisco Franco is still dead." That old SNL bit was the first time I ever heard about him.

[@SWLinPHX]

It's no joke. My family moved from the U.S. to Spain from 1974-76. I was a little kid but when Franco died we had one channel that showed him lying in state in his coffin live for one week straight. That is the only channel and all you saw 24/7!

[@dx1450]

They kept doing that bit because that's all the news kept talking about back at the time of Franco's death. Kind of like how when Anna Nicole Smith died the news media over covered it to where everyone was sick of hearing about it. I honestly expected the news to lead off with, "Anna Nicole Smith is still dead. For more on this, we go to..."

[@chanchingcheng8204]

I would expect nothing more from someone with American edjucation

[@glenchapman3899]

That was a joke from Stalin's time 30 million went to view his coffin...........to make sure he stayed dead lol

[@tomfrazier1103]

The New York based American "Old Left" was filled with U.S. veterans of the Sp. Civil War, Int'l Brigades. This was largely a Comintern project. Sen. McCarthy underestimated Communist activity in the U.S. when he made charges in the later '40s.

[@FishMcFish420]

The last time I was here this early, Generalissimo Fransisco Franco was still dead.

[@yohannbiimu]

That's what Chevy Chase WANTED YOU TO BELIEVE...

[@MickGallJr]

Sadly this goes over so many peoples heads

[@LordHoth_09]

.... I get it.

[@SCSilk]

I was hoping someone had commented this.

[@barrywerdell2614]

f1sh: even after that statement he's still dead. Maybe Garret Morris can yell it for us hard of hearing. France must smell terrible by now.

[@sanderskovly7641]

3:15, Morocco wasn't the only colony left btw. It was the colonies making up Spanish Sahara+Sidi Ifni, the Canary islands and spanish Guinea/Equatorial Guinea.

[@acusticamenteconvusional9936]

The canary islands weren't (aren't) a colony

[@sanderskovly7641]

@@acusticamenteconvusional9936 yeah, but outside of continental Spain, such as Mellilla and Ceuta, soI just wanted to mention them, idk why

[@carlitoselcremita7816]

The canary islands were spanish before the world war.Same for ceuta and melilla.The only truh is for equatorial guinea.And sahara has been decolonized but invaded by morocco now.

[@corgismclean]

The Canary Islands were never a colony but part of Spain.

[@edugomez3c]

@@corgismclean técnicamente si lo fueron jajaja. Vivían los guanches y les invadimos.

[@misterjag]

Good evening. I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not. Our top story tonight: Generalisimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

[@DonRamiro1]

I never found Chevy Chase funny.

[@Zeldarw104]

Oh. My. Goodness! I was just thinking of this SNL tagline! 😂 #1975 - 2020 & is still dead.🤭

[@budwilliams6590]

@@DonRamiro1 You probably don't smoke weed.

[@DonRamiro1]

@@budwilliams6590 not anymore

[@baz5042]

George Orwell, he fought in the International Brigade, so he kinda of counts.

[@nataliaruiz4497]

Yeeees OMG yes

[@tuckersandsuc]

He actually fought with the P.O.U.M a Spanish marxist militia. He was denied entry to the International Brigades because he wasn't a member of the British communist party (and possibly because they distrusted his private school school background, class loyalties etc.)

[@honestguy7764]

Always remember he was a furious anticomunist!

[@historiculgeomocule5569]

George Orwell definitely should be featured.

[@sjewitt22]

@@honestguy7764 He was an anti Stalinist, he was a socialist.

[@LordHoth_09]

“Fransico, why did you....” “Africa” ... ... “Right then.”

[@robinrenteria8154]

It would be interesting to hear more about the International Brigade in Spain during the war. Langston Hughes spent 6 months here though not directly part of the brigade as well as Dorothy Parker, Hemingway (of course), George Orwell and others. Also, to include the contribution and life and death of Federico Garcia Lorca, the playwright, himself somewhat international in that he attended Columbia University in New York City. He died at the age of 38 in the war.

[@Tom-ct1rr]

The International Brigade was made with all the communist from the west, An attempt from their governments to get rid of them.

[@Rupes89]

Love this channel. Great biographies! Really informative & enjoyable. Thanks so much! Keep up the great work! I’d love to see one on Antonio de Oliveira Salazar in Portugal too

[@TheRuivar]

make a video about Antonio de Oliveira Salazar (dictator of Portugal) and the portuguese colonial war

[@Bahns007]

Biographics on Oswald Mosley please

[@thschnick]

I asked months ago and he said that he didn't find him interesting enough.

[@Bahns007]

@@thschnick wtf? That's dumb. What video?

[@landgsmith]

Not interesting enough?!?! Wow

[@LordTacos]

Looks like some DIRECT RULE is needed there.

[@8inchdonkey160]

*England lives and marches on*

[@banjotiki3910]

Me, a Spaniard: * doesn't see any angry arguments about Franco* Impossible

[@adolfgaming1761]

Not everyone is a soy bean

[@John-ru4gz]

He saved Spain from Communism

[@sam_9228]

@@John-ru4gz and he brought fascism…

[@cheesemccheese5780]

@@sam_9228 Franco was arguably not a fascist.

[@Arc8083-bc2kq]

@@sam_9228he was a falangist, it was more fascist in its early years but from the 1950s onwards it’s more of a conservative authoritarianism

[@marinusvonzilio9628]

Actually, Franco's first choice for the future King was Otto von Habsburg, which would have restored the House of Habsburg to the Spanish throne after more than two and a half centuries (the last Habsburg king of Spain, Carlos II, having died in 1700). Otto refused, however, and instead advised Franco to choose Juan Carlos.

[@___David__]

You forgot one tiny important detail about Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War: it wouldn't have been possible without the reluctant help of Professor António de Oliveira Salazar. You should do a video on him next ;) (fun facts: - While an admirer of Mussolini, Professor Salazar was a devout Catholic and loathed Hitler's policies which is why, among other things, he refused to join WWII (he played both sides masterfully and managed to keep the Empire neutral and growing while Europe was being destroyed) - despite ruling as an authoritarian dictator for 36 years and being vilified by modern day Portuguese politicians, in 2007 the Portuguese elected him "The Greatest Portuguese of All Time" in a national television poll. - Rowling conscientiously borrowed his surname to one of the founders of Hogwarts: Salazar Slytherin)

[@deadpilled2942]

Yes, he understood. Far more successful than most. Too bad Mussolini didn't just ignore Hitler's Axis pact.

[@sobrevalorado]

The role of Salazar (and Portugal) was ridiculous, man. He wasn't able to play a part because of the long alliance with the British. And he was a dictator and a murderer, don't you forgey it.

[@deadpilled2942]

@@sobrevalorado you really can't be a dictator without being a murderer at some point. This is why I think 10 years in control of a nation is enough. Otherwise you get uneasy about the guy.

[@jmbpinto73]

@@deadpilled2942 That's why democracy is superior, you don't have to kill the guy in office, his term will end at a fixed date and new elections held.

[@fenriz218]

Always thought that catholics stick together... but Portugal sounds nice. The Caribbeans are always worth taking a holiday...

[@Taisteluhamsteri]

It would be intersting to hear story of Mannerheim (i know nothing to do with spainish cival war, but never the less). Intersting person and quite fasinating Life. He served as a calvary officer in inperial russian army, meet Dalai Lama, was a President of Finland, etc. Etc.

[@walterweiss7124]

Mannerheim and Franco had one thing in common: they both met Hitler personally and judged him as a madman, so they decided not to join his war

[@Taisteluhamsteri]

@@walterweiss7124 Finland fought on the same side with Germany during WW2, 1941-1944 and then Finland fought Germany from 1944-1945, after making a peace with CCCP. Hitler came to Finland to meet Mannerheim on his 75y birth day, beacouse Finland was an important ally and Hitler wanted to Make sure Finland would be one in future. You are right that Mannerheim did think little of Hitler and was anoid the whole time he was there.

[@everettduncan7543]

@@Taisteluhamsteri Mannerheim stíll believed in democracy, which Hitler wanted to crush along with Communism. Mannerheim knew it was a trap

[@omarmohamed6701]

Very illuminating. After watching the video, My rudimentary knowledge of the Spanish civil war improved so much, many gaps were filled and many grey areas became clearer. Keep up the good work.

[@malcolmdyer6090]

A documentary here in Spain explained how Franco insisted on having a medical operation performed in his palace, not the hospital. He insisted and pulled rank and had an operating theatre set up at his home. During the operation there was a power cut, not uncommon apparently, which left the medical team in the dark leading to Franco's demise.Had he been operated on in hospital there would have been a power backup. Knowing best, pulling rank can backfire.

[@diegogomez2052]

he was old and broken up even if their was power he would have died with in the year also at that point I think he was just done he didn't want to go

[@juanelorriaga2840]

@@diegogomez2052 I hope he’s burning in hell

[@sharolynwells]

Have you done classical music composers? Would love to see Mozart, Beethoven, Stavinsky, Tchaikovsky.

[@sophiatalksmusic3588]

Yes, please!! I've been asking for this for such a long time!

[@tomfrazier1103]

Victor Herbert, Rimsky-Korsakov....

[@d.c.8828]

He finally did Wagner!

[@joseffthomas10]

I remember requesting this one religiously, it’s awesome to finally see it as a video.

[@unclepeteknows6217]

This is the best video on Franco on the internet. It was comprehensive and not the least bit boring. GOOD JOB!

[@Superratis]

You could do it about my great grandfather (Francisco Menoyo Baños), he was the Major of Granada in the civil war and he was republican elected by the city of Granada. By the time the fascist were approaching the city and everything seemed lost, he retreated and ended up executed by the communist themselves. Crazy how people sometimes forget that there were 3 fronts in that war, tragic. If you need extra info from what you can find online, let me know. He had a very interesting backstory as well.

[@kknives36]

My suggestion is Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera. The man Franco let die to gain his power.

[@TheLordNovo]

The thing is, his death was sadly needed. The unfortunate death of Rivera rallied the nationalists and gave them a major justification to wage war. Although Rivera would’ve been a better leader, his death paced the way for the nationalists

[@skinhead5]

Viva Primo DeRivera.

[@nilswettlin2012]

@@TheLordNovo PdR most likely wouldn't have taken Chill Pills like Franco did in the early 40s, they probably would've joined the axis and get rekt

[@TheLordNovo]

Nils Wettlin Rivera wouldn’t have joined the axis. He would’ve provided moral support and maybe weapons, but that’s it. No official joining. There’s no way he would’ve been able to stay in power by joining a global war the year that the civil war ended

[@kknives36]

X_HolyTemplar_ X not to mention the fact he had blatant goals antithetical to Hitlers. Most likely he does what Franco did or even jobs the allies in exchange for Morocco.

[@christianphifer]

Yes! I've been wondering when ya'll were to do a video on Fransisco Franco. And now it's finally here! Thanks Biographics. I absolutely love your videos!

[@leonzoful]

The Fascist Trinity is finally done

[@th3dool]

I love how in one date, they accidentally had the year 2019. lol, I've totally done that in one assignment

[@MrTheMonarch]

I wish he would have mentioned how the future Allied countries made active efforts to prevent countries from providing outside intervention on behalf of Republican forces during the civil war but did nothing to stop Hitler and Mussolini from interfering

[@MrTheMonarch]

@@venga3 newly communist Russia did send aid successfully although it was mostly outdated equipment

[@lizabee484]

The glasses all look so lovely! Um... I would say Pair 1 or 3! And it’s great to hear a bit more about the specific people behind the Spanish Civil War, as we only get the bare minimum in many US secondary schools. So your Biographics (and other channels) videos are very helpful to give more insight into world history! Thank you for all your hard work!!

[@nickjitsu]

I can't think of the Spanish civil war without thinking of George Orwell as I've just finished 'Homage to Catalonia'. He'd be a very interesting subject for Biographics. And to answer your question Simon, the first pair were the best!

[@KiwiTigress]

Yep, definitely #1 Though 4 and 5 were not bad as reserves 😁

[@walterweiss7124]

but the guy who wrote the best stories about the civil war was still Hemingway

[@mj6463]

I highly recommend “mine were of trouble”, it is written by a British volunteer for the nationalists.

[@nickjitsu]

@@mj6463 Thank you. I'll check it out.

[@mj6463]

@@nickjitsu of course!

[@toxikspeaks3523]

Simon, all of the glasses in the adds all looked pretty sharp i think you got 5 new great pairs! :) Thank you for doing the videos you do, i really enjoy them and don't mind in the least seeing an add and supporting one of my fav you tubers if there is a product i like in one of the ads.

[@diegogarces4380]

I also wanted to point out the way dictadors die in western europe: -Germany: Forced to suicide -Italy: Hanged -Portugal: Finished with a revolution in a short period of time -Spain: In the BED with the honour of a hero and so well looked after. For the Republican side i would propose de figure of Manuel Azaña.

[@brrrrrtenjoyer]

Mussolini was shot not hanged

[@overlord5068]

Musolini was shot, not hanged.

[@diegogarces4380]

@@overlord5068 That's true. When he was hanged up from a gas station he was already dead. But they did not give him a treatment such as franco's.

[@diegogarces4380]

@Kiezer Soze I see your point. Everyone must have been juzged for their crimes.

[@ECloudDog]

Wonderful video! I've been waiting for a video on Franco, for I have been studying Francoist Spain for years. Now if I may give a suggestion, I'd be interested in a video on Philippe Pétain or Chiang Kai Shek. Or perhaps Getúlio Vargas? All of them are fascinating figures imo. Love these videos!

[@samuelwoolwineiv7886]

Philippe Pétain just went up now

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

Franco: "I don't know about that Monarchy thing". (JUAN CARLOS shoots his brother) Franco: THAT'S MY GUY!!!!

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Said Toshimaru Apparently that was actually an accident, with various witnesses saying different things. I just don't know what reason Juan Carlos would have to kill his brother.....

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

@@Edmonton-of2ec Yeah, it was an accident.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Said Toshimaru I heard another version where Juan Carlos was cleaning the gun and it accidentally went off, or someone hit him with the door to the room and he was holding the gun, winced, and accidentally pulled the trigger. I also heard said gun was later thrown in the ocean

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

@@Edmonton-of2ec There are, as you say, many versions. I believe it was an accident, but still, Franco's regime covered it up, so will never know what really happened.

[@seandobson499]

He was probably too busy shooting Elephants.

[@zerobey2891]

September 27th 2019? A little typo. Unrelated to Generalissimo Franco and about a hundred years earlier in San Domingue/ Haiti. A man named Jean Jaques Dessalines emerged. I'd love to see the biographical treatment of the man! Thanks for your work!

[@bobbiemanueldelapena4997]

Do a biographics video on Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, the archetypal dictator of the Philippines! I want to know your thoughts, Simon... Is Marcos a hero who saved his nation from Communism, or a kleptocratic dictator who murdered his political enemies and drained the nation's coffers?

[@thatcoolasiankidjake]

I live in Hawaii. My parents are Marcos supporters they envy him to death. I don’t, in fact I’m indifferent. But there are a lot of Marcos supporters in Hawaii. Especially since most of them are Ilocanos

[@MrBlazemaster525]

Considering the Communist insurgency is still alive in the Philippines....LOL

[@madnozz]

More like "a kleptocratic dictator who murdered his political enemies and drained the nation's coffers"

[@tomfrazier1103]

I lived in Hawaii from 1990 when the push & pull of where his corpse should go was going on. Imelda and her shoes were the butt of jokes by young Filipinos and Americanos. Some middle aged Ilocanos thought he was a swell fella. Eventually Imelda went back, and maybe his corpse.

[@user-saraswatidevi]

Honestly his wife was worse and when she took over when he got sick she started killing people which caused the people to rise up

[@CrazyBear65]

Yay, you finally used one of my suggestions! Pan's Labyrinth brought me here...

[@billbergendahl2629]

Many years ago there was a man in the town I live in who passed away at the age of 94. He was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War.

[@mj6463]

On the good side or the bad?

[@ChristineCAlb1]

Love your videos. So informative. Also, I always get a chuckle out of that Chevy Chase/Saturday Night Live bit about “Franco is still dead” lol!

[@atavistic_hominidae1122]

Hemingway and Orwell were both present in the civil war and might have some interesting associations with the Republic/Spanish Anarchists. Otto Skorzeny would be an amazing biopic since he went from the SS to becoming a Mossad agent. Also he had some tangles with Tito who you did an amazing episode on.

[@brunonunes6438]

Do António Oliveira Salazar from Portugal. Same timeline with Colony Wars almost

[@Jonnyc448]

Drew Durnil is pleased with this.

[@manderson7341]

Anytime I am looking to learn about a niche issues in history, Biographics has it. Thanks for the content, it’s keeping me sane during unemployment

[@murray395]

You should do Enver Hoxha, the Kim Ill Sung of Europe

[@rafatreseisconco]

I had asked for this one a while back, since I've been living in Spain for a long while now, I wanted an unbiased version of this figure's story to understand a bit more of their history. Thanks guys!!!

[@ahulaga8466]

yeah it can be difficult to find an unbiased story about Franco here in Spain 😅

[@mcmasters1484]

Yay! Thank you guys so much for covering him! You guys should do Gorbachev King Zog and Jefferson Davis!

[@jonathanstory6249]

Spain joined NATO in 1986, not in 1953. My take on Franco and Hitler is that Franco, a Catholic and deeply so with his marriage, was well aware that National Socialism was viscerally anti-Catholic. He intended to stay out of the world war. Asking for chunks of French Morrocco would have forced Hitler to chose between France and Spain. As you record, Hitler did not appreciate his meeting with Franco.

[@regular-joe]

Extremely well handled from beginning to end. Kudos and thanks!

[@rolyan6071]

Awesome! now can we get one on José Antonio Primo de Rivera?

[@honestguy7764]

Owen K. Joseantonio was a hero, an idealist. Can you read in Spanish? Where a you from?

[@honestguy7764]

Owen K. I have a spare copy of its works, but in spanish

[@maximilianzein6640]

Glasses 2 and 5 suit you the most! thanks for the great content as always!

[@reggiebuffat]

I agree

[@DutchDixon94]

Well done Simon! Another great show! Very well presented!

[@jondough5300]

I've learned more about world history watching your channels then I ever did in high school👍

[@bandos6450]

First of all, how do you have enough hours in the day to make this seemingly endless amount of amazing content? Second it would be pretty cool to see a biography of Alfred the Great of Wessex

[@MrEvanfriend]

Alfred the Great would be a good one.

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

Pair 1: Simon's usual style Pair 2: Grandpa style Pair 3: Also Simon style Pair 4: Bit more scholarly, it's alright Pair 5: Also Simon Style Definitely don't keep 2.

[@someinteresting]

I didn't like any. His own are the best.

[@MrFeynmanDiagram]

A surprisingly accurate account of facts of Franco era.I only missed a reference to Alhoceima landing in 1925: the operation after which he reached the grade of Brigade General. Eisenhower studied carefully this operation while preparing for "D" day.

[@diffsmasher4824]

Thanks Simon, I have wanted to more about franco ever since i watched Casablanca. I would love to see what you could do with 'Sulla' of the late Roman republic... that should keep you busy :)

[@mrpink8951]

Or maybe a biography on Juan Carlos and his part in the Third Wave of Democratization?

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

Biographics on the blue shirts (Irishmen who fought in the Spanish Civil War)?

[@choughed3072]

Probably to small a sub genre in Irish history, maybe a whole episode on one of Simon's other channels about the history of Irish mercenaries? Not sure if mercenaries is a fair way to describe them as I don't know much about it but couldn't think of any other term 😅

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

me haha fair enough mate

[@Chronosmaster002]

So maybe add the Irish who fought alongside the Mexicans vs the Americans

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

@@Chronosmaster002 good idea

[@jamesrutherford374]

Notice. The Irish glr there asses in to adout every fight there ever was.....

[@corgismclean]

He forgot to mention Spain becoming the 9th largest economy in the world under the leadership of the technocrats he appointed.

[@corgismclean]

@@marka.1770 the first decade of Franco's regime there a big government approach that unlike FDR New Deal was a disaster, later on the in the 50's capitalism finally came and Spain went from a shithole country recovering from war to become the 9th economy in the world.

[@guillemmoreno5522]

@@corgismclean which would've never happened if the US hadn't given them money in exchange for setting up military bases in Spanish territory.

[@corgismclean]

@@guillemmoreno5522 Makes sense... if you want something pay for it, right?

[@JamesBrown-ux9ds]

Well done, very informative! (A picture of a Stuka (over Madrid?) would not have been been taking too long to be put/inserted in this film? Very few pictures of fighting troops of both sides during the civil in your film anyhow.)

[@benjaminfink8393]

You should do another video on the same period from George Orwell's perspective. He fought in the civil war and wrote a book on it!

[@paulkenneally789]

Orwell’s”Homage to Catalonia” is pretty much unreadable. Franz Borkenau” The Spanish Cockpit”,would be better. “The Penguin book of Spanish Civil War verse “also gives a wide perspective.

[@oberonyronwood5657]

As a Spaniard this topic is soooo complicated and uncomfortable to talk about and I have to say, you handled it very well mate. Congrats!

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

As an American, I kept feeling I needed a Table of organization, but sometimes it seemed you needed a new one each week.

[@TheElderize]

AlvWaynwood Another anti-commie hero who saved Spain from their grasp

[@deadpilled2942]

@@GregBrownsWorldORacing look. Franco was either going to take Spain, or Germany wouls have, then America would've put in Franco because there's no way in hell America was going to allow the Mediterranean be Communist during the cold war

[@erminiodilodovico8406]

I would love to watch the Biogragh of FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA

[@angelvillamor4838]

Very informative, thank you for your production. I shared it with friends and family.

[@coleboone8826]

One of the few dictators not talk about thank you for doing this person P.S can you do the leader of Portugal from 1933-1968

[@franciscomm7675]

Antonio salazar, dictator of portugal. That was his name

[@oliran4766]

*32

[@pudgeboyardee32]

Some fun historical context for the ebro river; hammilcar barca, hannibals father, went to war with roman allies in spain over a territorial dispute pertaining to the river and who owned what side. This eventually spiralled into the second punic war. The ebro river is a happenin place

[@llamasugar5478]

I liked all of the glasses, but especially 2, 4, and 5. And the rest of the video was very good, too.

[@plaguedoctor5615]

Pair 2 and 5 looked great, loved the video and all the work you do

[@noahsherwood2445]

My grandfather's wife is Spanish-American and she recalls that Franco made it so that any form of organization (like a union or a speech or rally) was to be broken up immediately. Suppression was key to keeping Franco strong in the post WWII years.

[@trollpolice]

'like a union or a speech or rall' ~~~ communist.

[@noahsherwood2445]

@@trollpolice Yes, there were communists, but also people who wanted, y'know, human rights and democracy.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Franco was actually (and I cannot stress this bit enough) *comparatively* light as a dictator. He was more authoritarian then totalitarian. I think his lack of totally trying to secure Spain, which in retrospect would not have been possible, it why the transition to democracy went as smoothly as it did

[@hyperion3145]

@@noahsherwood2445 There were absolutely human rights in Spain, it was even noted that as the war came to a close, they began to ignore minorities and intellectuals (Franco refused to believe he was "soft", though). Also, democracy is not automatically a good thing. The US at the time is a good example. Keep in mind that these people who "wanted democracy" also wanted to continue the Civil War (some were also backed by the Soviets and US), NOBODY would want to keep the enemy they just defeated in their country while they're still opposed to them.

[@JV-cr7kc]

thats a blatant lie, both Salazar and Franco were avid anti-communists and anti-left, thats literally it, there were never any other orders given to supress something other than the threat of communist uprising, Franco literally fought agaisnt them and Portugal got lucky and managed to avoid civil war and proceeded to prevent the slight chance of that happening, every single order given for dispersion was directed at the threat of communist radical partizans and guerrillas that was present at the time and still is to this day in the iberian peninsula, the only difference is that the communists and the radical left eventually came to power through subversive means after both Salazar and Franco left. Keep your falsehoods for yourself please, and now for some actual facts, My grandfather was a radical communist in the 50´s and 60´s here in Portugal, even he, said that Salazar wasnt a dictator and a fascist, he simply persecuted communism and radical leftisms cuz that was the greatest threat to europe at the time and because every one saw what happened to every single country that became communist, not to mention that most people who actually lived here were in favor of both Salazar and Franco given that Portugal and Spain are traditionally conservative christian countries and only through the globalization of europe have things tilted towards other values. So, No, you are VERY wrong

[@LookAwayMarkAtkins]

Well done Simon. Well balanced and objective, especially considering how controversial he was and his legacy remains.

[@alexmartinez2835]

Francisco Franco: The Chipmunk that got the best head was. . . Carlos: NOOOOO! COME BACK!

[@brendtman]

Congrats on 800k! Million subs is right around the corner!

[@hueman8955]

Biography on Rafeal Trujillo

[@hoodedbrillo6302]

Ever thought about doing a show on Ruben 'hurricane' Carter? Pair 3 or 5 dude. Keep up the good work. Fantastic

[@quiquenuxx]

Great video! FYI: Franco was not the youngest general in Europe since Napoleon. This is a very extended "fake new" probably inspired by himself. Only in Spain we have Joan Prim who was general at an earlier age and probably around Europe there are some other cases.

[@preettygoood7774]

Peter Kemp is an author who wrote about his experiences in the spanish civil war in his book, Mine Were of Trouble. He was english, and he volunteered for the nationalist side.

[@plaguedoctor3782]

Some Ideas for biographics: King Louis XIV of France Cardinal richelieu of France Charles V/Phillip the second of Spain Cathrine or Peter the Great of Russia nicolae ceausescu of Socialist Romania. Stephan The great of Moldovia. Michael the Brave of Romania

[@nataliaruiz4497]

Back then that was the go-to joke, now it's about a special astronaut program here in Spain 😂

[@hochifeen]

Spain’s first astronaut!

[@margarethorine4959]

You should do a Geographics of El Valle de los Caídos. I found it slightly disturbing to gloss over the “rumors” of the use of slave labor of incarcerated dissidents in the process. It’s fairly well established and a part of official tours. I think highlighting Dalí or Picasso could be interesting. One of my main studies in university (I lived in Spain at the time) was literature of the Spanish Civil War. There are so many fascinating figures in the conflict and the many years after, but unlike the artists they’re not well known and I think garnering sufficient interest would be challenging. Other ideas would include a Biographics of Garcia Llorca or a Geographics of Lavapiés in Madrid as well. Ooh. Or the history of ETA, especially the clemency offered to the more mainstream portion of the movement leaving the organization to the relatively more radical fringe portion etc. It’s such an interesting history to delve into.

[@ProteoEuthismos]

Regarding El Valle, is true. But if you look the lists of prisoners there, they were the priveleged ones, with many amenities. They could bring their families. So it was kinda of a privilege to be there. Some say the working conditions were horrible, but in reallity, they were the same conditions as a civil contruction. Regarding literature and all that, remember that Franco allowed leftist in the Universities, so todays culture is Heavily influenced by those leftists, and they are still hurt by the war, even today. Look for example Almudena Grandes. She called her book series "the unresolved war"... Yeah.

[@MrEvanfriend]

Do Sir William Marshall, the famous knight who served the Angevin kings from Henry II all the way to Henry III.

[@johnybailey8637]

Yes mate!

[@vasilkokinovski9212]

Still waiting on a bio about Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier

[@timumbra2476]

Thanks for another great vid and get all the pair of glasses mate

[@iatsechannel5255]

Well done! Suggested future subjects: Phoolan Devi, Will Rodgers, Jim Jones [Jonestown]

[@anonyme649]

21:42 "taller than the Eiffel Tower" it's false. Eifelle Tower : 300 m, the cross : 150 m.

[@jorgelotr3752]

Perhaps he meant over sea level? (I wan't to give them the befit of the doubt). That, or it was an exaggeration.