Kuitira hanya mugariro wenyika yose, kupinda kunobvira kweSpain muHondo yeNyika II, uye tyisidziro dzokupinda kwakatungamirira Franco kudzorera shure zvimwe zvezvideredzwa izvi. Muna November 1942, neAllied landings muNorth Africa
uye kubatwa kwakaitwa Vichy France neGermany zvichiita kuti kurwisana kuswedere pedyo nomuganhu weSpain kupfuura nakare kose, Franco akarayira kuunganidzwa kwevarwi kwakati, achiunza uto kuvarume vanopfuura 750 000. Mauto Emuchadenga neEchikepe akakurirawo munhamba uye mubhajeti, kuva varwi 35 000 uye vafambisi vengarava 25 000 na 1945, kunyange zvazvo nokuda kwezvikonzero zvemari Franco aifanira kudzora kuedza kwamabasa ose kuti aite kuwedzera kunoshamisa.