Reddit reviews Franco's Friends

Yeah. He wrote about it in his autobiography saying pretty much that. "What was i to do? The communist would have killed me" or something.

Problem is, he is branded as a hero when he acted out of cowardice. Some historians believe WWII could have been prevented if the international brigades were supported, Spain would have been an anti-fascist stronghold, which is why so many brave people volunteered to fight and possibly die there, including George Orwell. Instead of supporting IB Churchill ordered M16 agents to place Franco in power, bribe him to maintain 'neutrality' where he then began orchestrating the massacre of the peasantry and its known that Franco hoped to join the Axis powers right up until the end of the war, had they succeeded.

> They were fighting an enemy we agreed with.

The British Secret Service and a substantial proportion of the ruling class were very supportive of Franco. See Franco's Friends: How British Intelligence Helped Bring Franco To Power In Spain.