He joined a military coup, fought ruthlessly in the Spanish Civil War, and emerged as the dictator of Spain. For almost 40 years, Franco worked to transform the country into a bastion of tradition.

Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...

Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco. While she hardly knew him, receiving his remains 85 years later has brought ...

Franco’s greatest contribution to contemporary art came in a perverse manner. In 1936, he led troops against Spain’s democratically elected government igniting the Spanish Civil War which ...

The polarising memory of the 1936-1939 civil war and Franco stems from the regime's tame demise, according to Joan Maria Thomas, professor of contemporary history at the University of Rovira i ...

Historians warn of the complexity of competing against social networks and the popularity of far-right YouTubers ...

BBC World Service’s Witness History is the programme that brings you moments in history told by the people who were there. Presented and produced by Jane Wilkinson for the BBC World Service.

The Spanish state on Thursday took ... More than half a million people died during the 1936-39 civil war and an estimated 150,000 were killed later by Franco's government, historians estimate.