Nationalist leader Francisco Franco gets saluted by his troops, Spain, 1936

In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, a crowd of rebel forces march past and salute Nationalist leader Francisco Franco. Followed by Franco smiling at the camera, Spain, 1936. Franco led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo.