In the early 1940s, Franco's main concern was to keep Spain out of World War II, even though he had every reason, from a nationalist standpoint, to take the German offer of assistance to help expel the Brits from Gibraltar, which they had taken two centuries earlier. After the fall of France, most of Spain's neighbors were in the Axis camp. He also "owed" the Germans and the Italians for their help in the Spanish Civil War.
Additionally, there were large numbers of Communists and regional separatists that had gone underground. Civil war and leftist rule had left the Spanish economy in shambles. Franco had more serious challenges than any of the major powers, except maybe Japan, which fought a war way beyond its capacity to fight.
The Protestants were small potatoes in comparison. You may be right in your assertion. BUT I may be right too, like it or not, Vlad.
You wrote:
"I think you see him more as a totalitarian than an authoritarian type."
I see him as someone who persecuted Protestants. You said he did not do so. He did. You were wrong. You have been dancing ever since.
"In the early 1940s, Franco's main concern was to keep Spain out of World War II,... He also "owed" the Germans and the Italians for their help in the Spanish Civil War."
No matter who he owed or how much he owed them, Franco persecuted Protestants. You said he didn't. You were wrong.
"Additionally, there were large numbers of Communists and regional separatists that had gone underground. Civil war and leftist rule had left the Spanish economy in shambles. Franco had more serious challenges than any of the major powers, except maybe Japan, which fought a war way beyond its capacity to fight."
No matter what Franco had to deal with he still persecuted Protestants. You said he didn't. He did. You were wrong.
"The Protestants were small potatoes in comparison. You may be right in your assertion. BUT I may be right too, like it or not, Vlad."
Whether I like it or not has nothing to do with the irrefutable, proven fact that Franco persecuted Protestants. Call them small potatoes all you like. Franco still persecuted them. Make a fool out of yourself by insisting you may be right "too" when you've already been proven wrong, but you'll still be wrong since Franco persecuted Protestants. You said it didn't happen. It did. You were wrong.
Keep beating that dead horse. It will still be dead. You'll still be dead wrong. Franco persecuted Protestants.