Ka cika wannan jumla: Damuwa game da yanayin duniya, yiwuwar shigar Spain cikin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, da barazanar mamayewa ya sa Franco ya soke wasu daga cikin waɗannan ragewa. A watan Nuwambar 1942, tare da
Saukowar dakarun kawance a Arewacin Afirka da mamayar Jamus na Vichy Faransa suna 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.