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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 2947053, member: 77704&quot;]The Republicans were a leftist govt. made up of anarchists/ communists and anti-Catholics/ anti-Monarchists, while Franco led a Pro-Catholic/ Monarchist/ Conservative counter-revolutionary faction. During the Civil War, while Franco&#039;s &quot;White Terror&quot; did commit war crimes, the Republicans version called the &quot;Red Terror&quot; accounted for many more victims. After the War ended in 1939, Franco ran Spain as a benevolent &quot; strongman. He also kept his word that after his death, that the monarchy should be restored. He also kept Spain out of WW2, although some volunteered to fight vs Josef Stalin&#039;s USSR, as the , &quot;Blue Brigade&quot;. Back to coins, Franco authourized the Spanish Mint to produce offical restrikes of some of the gold coins from Alfonso XII/XIII these were struck in 1961/62.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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