Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akazvarwa muFerrol, Galicia, mumhuri yechiuto chepamusoro-soro, Franco akashanda muuto reSpanish semudzidzi wechikoro muToledo Infantry Academy kubva muna 1907 kusvika muna 1910. Achishumira muMorocco, akasimuka kuburikidza nematanho kuti ave brigadier general muna 1926, aine makore makumi matatu nematatu, achiva mukuru mudiki muSpain. Makore maviri gare gare Franco akava mutungamiriri weGeneral Military Academy muZaragoza. Somunhu anochengetedza uye anotsigira umambo, Franco akazvidemba pamusoro pokubviswa kwoumambo nokugadzwa kweRepublic yeChipiri muna 1931. Akaparadzwa nokuvharwa kweAcademy yake, asi zvakadaro akapfuurira basa rake muRepublican Army. Basa rake rakawedzera kaviri pashure pokunge CEDA uye PRR dzorudyi dzakakunda musarudzo ya1933 dzichimugonesa kutungamirira kudzvinyirirwa kwe
Kumuka kwa1934 muAsturias. Franco akasimudzirwa kwenguva pfupi kuti ave mukuru mukuru wemauto pamberi pesarudzo dza1936 dzakatamisa kuruboshwe Popular Front kuti ive nesimba, ichimuendesa kuCanary Islands. Pashure pokutanga kusada, akabatana nechiuto muna July 1936, icho, pashure pokukundikana kutora Spain, chakaparira Hondo yeVanhu veSpain.