Word: falangists
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...observers at least, the propaganda that Germany had cooked up for Spanish consumption seemed even less potent than the pressure on Vichy. Headlined in the Falangist paper Arriba was a story that exiled Loyalist General Jose Miaja had been plotting with...
...nations were at war beside Germany at week's end: Italy, Hungary, Rumania, Finland, Slovakia, Croatia-three more than fought for Germany at any time in World War I. In Spain the Naziphile Falange began recruiting "volunteers" (while Generalissimo Francisco Franco promised Great Britain to punish Falangist hoodlums who attacked the British Embassy). Denmark broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, closed its only Communist paper, rounded up Reds. German propaganda announced that the Regiment Nordland, composed of Danish and Norwegian Nazis, was fighting on the Finnish Front. There was also a Regiment Westland, made up of Dutch and Belgian...
...Secretary General of the Falange, with Cabinet rank, the Generalissimo named José Arrese Magraz, 36, another oldtime Falangist street fighter. Arrese became the first man to hold the secretary generalship since March 1940, when Franco ousted General Muñoz Grande...
Beneficiary of this shake-up was the Primo de Rivera clan, the royal family of the Falange. Falangist Arrese married a cousin of Founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera. But the big gainer was Foreign Minister Ramón Serrano Suòer, who as head of the Falange's Junta Politico, outranks Secretary General Arrese. Just how much Serrano and the Falange had gained was made clear in another decree removing the division of press and propaganda from the Ministry of Government and placing it in the hands of the Falange...
...Falange. One guess was that he was jockeying with France for favor with Germany; object: French Morocco. Another was that Franco had made changes long deferred while he dickered with the U.S. for food. Best guess was that he was simply strengthening his Government, replacing conservative civilians with both Falangists and Army men. The Army appointments of last month remained. Supporting this guess was a proposal in Arriba, Falangist mouthpiece: "The Falange hails the Army today and comes forward to propose, honorably, frankly and irrevocably, a firm and sacred alliance for Spain...