Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mugore rokutanga rorugare, Franco akaderedza zvikuru ukuru hweHondo yeSpain - kubva pavanenge miriyoni imwe pakupera kweHondo yaVagari vemo kusvika pakuvamba kwa1940, varwi vazhinjisa vachiita basa rokumanikidzirwa kwamakore maviri. Kunetseka pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu enyika yose, kupinda kweSpain muHondo Yenyika II, uye tyisidziro dzokupinda kwakamuita kuti adzorere kumwe kwokuderedza uku. Muna November 1942, pamwe chete
Kubuda kwevarwi muNorth Africa uye kubatwa kweFrance neGermany zvichiunza hondo pedyo nomuganhu weSpain kupfuura nakare kose, Franco akarayira kuunganidzwa kwechikamu, achiunza uto kuvarume vanopfuura. Mauto Emuchadenga neEchikepe akakurirawo munhamba uye mubhajeti kuvarwi vemhepo nevafambisi vengarava muna 1945, kunyange zvazvo nokuda kwezvikonzero zvemari Franco aifanira kudzora kuedza kwemauto ose kuti aite kuwedzera kukuru. Hondo yakaramba iine simba revarume vanenge 100 kusvikira pakuguma kweHondo Yenyika II.