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Odoreida

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12. My father (Abraham Lincoln Brigade vet) always said ...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun May 20, 2018, 04:20 PM

May 2018

Franco was the smartest of the first generation Fascist leaders.

Hitler and Mussolini directly helped Franco come to power, but no nonsense about loyalty among dictators.

He sat out WWII, and used anti-Communism to ally with the USA afterward.

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