Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Ferrol, Galicia, a cikin dangin soja na sama, Franco ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Spain a matsayin ɗan takara a Makarantar Sojojin Toledo daga 1907 zuwa 1910. Yayin da yake aiki a Maroko, ya hau kan mukamai don zama brigadier janar a 1926, yana da shekaru 33, ya zama janar mafi ƙanƙanta a Spain. Shekaru biyu bayan haka Franco ya zama darektan Babban Kwalejin Soja a Zaragoza. A matsayin mai ra'ayin mazan jiya da masarauta, Franco ya yi nadama game da kawar da masarauta da kuma kafa Jamhuriyar ta Biyu a 1931. Ya yi baƙin ciki da rufe makarantarsa, amma duk da haka ya ci gaba da hidimarsa a cikin Sojojin Jamhuriyar Republican. Aikinsa ya ninka sau biyu bayan da CEDA na dama da PRR suka lashe zaben 1933 wanda ya ba shi ikon jagorantar dakile tashin hankalin 1934 a Asturias
Ka yi haƙuri. Franco an ɗaukaka shi zuwa Babban Jami'in Sojoji na ɗan gajeren lokaci kafin zaɓen 1936 ya motsa gefen hagu na Popular Front zuwa iko, yana mai da shi zuwa Canary Islands. Bayan rashin yarda da farko, ya shiga juyin mulkin soja na Yuli 1936, wanda, bayan ya kasa ɗaukar Spain, ya haifar da yakin basasar Spain.