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Franco

Male given name

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Nov 28, 2025

How did Juan Domingo Perón's government facilitate Nazi immigration to Argentina in 1946–1955?

Juan Perón’s 1946–1955 administrations are repeatedly linked in the available reporting to active facilitation of Nazi and fascist emigration to Argentina: scholars and archives describe Argentina as ...

Jan 9, 2026

What steps did Spain take during its transition to democracy after Francisco Franco (1975–1980s)?

Spain carried out a negotiated, legalistic dismantling of Francoism between 1975 and the early 1980s that combined top-down leadership from King Juan Carlos and reformers like Adolfo Suárez with negot...

Feb 4, 2026

What criteria do historians use to define fascism and how do they apply to 20th‑century regimes?

Historians define through a cluster of political, social, and cultural traits—ultranationalism, authoritarian single-party rule, leader cult, militarism, suppression of dissent, and a repudiation of l...

Jan 12, 2026

What specific historical patterns distinguish fascist movements from other authoritarian or populist groups?

Fascist movements are a particular strain of authoritarian politics marked historically by revolutionary nationalism, violent mass mobilization, and an aestheticized cult of leader and militarism—feat...

Nov 26, 2025

Which historical regimes are considered fascist and why (Italy, Germany, Spain, etc.)?

The two regimes most consistently identified by historians as paradigmatic fascist governments are Benito Mussolini’s Italy and Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany; Britannica calls them “the most prominent 2...