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February 8th, 2005  
GuyontheRight
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General Francisco Franco, the fascist military dictator of Spain (1939-1975) wisely managed to keep his country neutral. Spain was exhausted from a long civil war (1936-1939) in which Franco's side received massive military support from Hitler's germany. Despite this support, Franco refused Hitler's request to join the war against Britain. Hitler then said he would "prefer to have 3 or 4 teeth extracted than suffer another meeting" with Franco.
Read Hitler Stopped By Franco, for the behind the scenes story. BTW, Franco was an authoritarian Monarchist, not a Fascist, or even a fascistic falangist like his brother-in-law Sereno Sunar.

www.hitlerstoppedbyfranco.com
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