Don’t like Franco but I like the Catholic monarchy. And had the Spanish commies had their way, Spain’s monarchy would have met the fate of the Romanovs whose deaths we mark the 100 year anniversary of this week...no less...
Franco saved Spain
I like that
Commies would have purged Catholics too btw
The communists killed a dozen bishops - and hundreds of nuns, thousands of priests - when they had their way. Lay people were killed for possessing religious articles (medals, rosaries and such).
Wikipedia is deceptive in showing the Spanish Republican flag with the monarchist symbol in the center; they had no use for the monarchy, and most flags I’ve seen were just the three bars - no Bourbon crest/symbol.