Our old friend, Francisco Franco was born 131 years ago today.
Franco graduated from the Spanish military academy at Toledo and became the youngest major in the Spanish army at the age of 23. By the age of 34 he was a general, and by 41 he was Commander of the Spanish Army.
Eager for war but lacking an enemy, the ambitious young Spanish commander-in-chief declared war on Spain in 1936 and defeated her in just three years.
The war was so successful and exciting, it inspired World War II, and Franco’s rise to power foreshadowed the ascension of other evil bastards in Europe.
After his victory Franco named himself Generalisimo (villainous bastard) to better distinguish himself from the Fuhrer (maniacal bastard) in Germany and Il Duce (vicious bastard) in Italy.
Franco ran the country until shortly after his death in 1975.
The General, heroically, remains dead (although not in his original resting place. As with most Evil Bastards, the current government had finally had enough of his deceased fascist ways, and sent him packing.)
And so it goes
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