Outside the fortress walls of Melilla La Vieja is a statue of Franco. It was here in the Spanish enclave of Melilla on the North African coast that Franco launched the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
[Franco Statue]
Looking into his face I realised that I didn’t know what Franco looked like. The Spanish Civil war is usually just a bynote in the Anglo history of Europe, seeing that WWII takes up so much narration time. The Spanish Civil war is usually mentioned to explain why Spain sat out the war. So I know what Hitler and Stalin look like, but not Franco.
[Face of Franco]