This book examines Franco's relations with Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, and demonstrates how Franco's cause never waned until the very end. It presents systematic study of the Spanish press in its four dimensions of the period (Church, military, monarchist, Falangist). It includes previously unpublished German Admiralty and Wehrmacht reports.Examining Franco's relations with Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, this book makes use of two major sources: the German Admiralty's archives, stunning in their evidence of Franco's support; and the Spanish press, operating under a totalitarian regime and yearning for an Axis victory to the bitter end.

"'This highly original work amounts to a startling reconsideration of Franco's relations with Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War' - Paul Preston, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK".


DAVID WINGEATE PIKE was born in England and educated at Blundell's School, McGill University and Universidad Interamericana Mexico. He received doctorates from the Universite de Toulouse, France and Stanford University, USA where he served as Assistant Director at the Institute of hispanic American and Luso-Brasilian Studies. He is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Contemporary History and Politics at The American University of Paris, France and Director of Research at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy.