Word: franco
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...though to convince Francisco Franco that Juan Negrin's regime was dead indeed, the junta recalled exiled General Jose Miaja to Madrid and named him "President." When Franco's armies last fought to the capital's outskirts, Jose Miaja well earned his title: "Savior of Madrid." This week he was back to save Madrileiños by other means than fighting...
These concluding words of General Casado were tantamount to disavowing responsibility for Loyalist radicalism. By other junta members Dr. Negrin was called a "perjurer and a traitor" and accused of acting unconstitutionally. In Generalissimo Franco's jubilant territory it was said that Loyalist Spain had at last overthrown the "yoke of Moscow." Supporters of the Negrin Cabinet fled the country. It was obvious that they considered it no longer safe to remain...
...Generalissimo Franco's Spain it was predicted that the war could now be settled without further fighting. Far from dreading Generalissimo Franco's entry into Madrid, the new junta could almost welcome it. Dr. Negrin had agreed to surrender on the one condition of no reprisals. The new Government would not care much about whether the Negrin Communist and Socialist supporters escaped reprisals. Generalissimo Franco could well afford to promise to save the necks of all others. But whether General Casado would be able to arrange an honorable surrender or be forced into a last-ditch stand...
...trickster, a hypocrite, a liar, a backstabber and a would-be dictator were among the various things that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was called last week when he announced to the House of Commons that his Government had recognized Franco Spain. Few predecessors had ever taken such a verbal licking on that floor...
...Liberal or Laborite seriously doubted that Generalissimo Franco had won his war, would soon be master of Spain and sooner or later be recognized as such by all the world. But for two years the Opposition had been balked in their desire to put Britain on the Leftist side and they were at least going to say their say at the finish. If the censure motion was bitter, it was nothing compared to the way in which terrier-sized Clement Richard Attlee, Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, tied into Mr. Chamberlain. Said Major Attlee: "It looks...