Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Damuwa game da halin da ake ciki na duniya, yiwuwar shigar Spain cikin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, da barazanar mamayewa ya sa Franco ya soke wasu daga cikin waɗannan raguwa. A watan Nuwamba 1942, tare da Allied saukowa a Arewacin Afirka
Da kuma mamayar da Jamus ta yi wa Faransa ta Vichy wanda ya kawo tashin hankali kusa da iyakar Spain fiye da kowane lokaci, Franco ya ba da umarnin a tattara sojoji, wanda ya kawo sojojin zuwa sama da mutane 750,000. Sojojin Sama da Sojojin Ruwa suma sun karu da yawa da kuma kasafin kudi, zuwa 35000 masu jirgin sama da 25000 masu jirgin ruwa a shekara ta 1945, kodayake saboda dalilai na kasafin kudi Franco ya kame yunkurin duka bangarorin biyu don yin gagarumin fadadawa.