Depends on who you ask. Franco was not a nice guy.

Nov 16, 2019
9:17:09am

eddog All-American

He killed thousands of his own people. Yet he has a reputation as a "benevolent dictator" because he was our ally during the Cold War and was anti-Communist.

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POLL: Besides Germany and Japan, which country on the Axis side had the most impressive performance militarily in World War II?

chilango

11/16/19 8:49am

Finland did a great job holding off Russia, particularly during the Winter War.

eddog

11/16/19 8:51am

Italy was such a weak nation they couldn’t handle anyone who fought

DKN

11/16/19 8:53am

Mussolini entered the war prematurely.

eddog

11/16/19 8:58am

Finland for sure. Italy should have been third but the leadership was weak.

mrphotogenic

11/16/19 9:00am

Can we count all the impressed Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians and other Easter Europeans that fought with the Nazis?

2FarGone

11/16/19 9:06am

No Spain???

mobomanjoe

11/16/19 9:10am

Depends on who you ask. Franco was not a nice guy.

eddog

11/16/19 9:17am

Spain was also a major haven for Jews and other refugees fleeing the Nazis

chilango

11/16/19 9:47am

Franco refused, but it wasn't for ideological reasons.

eddog

11/16/19 9:56am

Agree, it wasn’t because of ideology. Spain was reliant on US imports, plus the

chilango

11/16/19 10:03am

Mexico. Nothing gained nor lost during and afterward they invade w/o resistance.

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