Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mugore rokutanga rorugare, Franco akaderedza zvikuru ukuru hweuto reSpain - kubva pavanenge miriyoni imwe pakupera kweHondo yeVanhu kusvika pakutanga kwa1940, varwi vakawanda vachishandira kwemakore maviri. Kunetseka pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu enyika yose, kupinda kweSpain muHondo Yenyika II, uye tyisidziro dzokupinda kwakamuita kuti adzorere kumwe kwokuderedza uku. Muna November 1942, neAllied landings muNorth Africa
uye kubatwa kweFrance neGermany kuchiunza hondo pedyo zvikuru kupfuura nakare kose kumuganhu weSpain, Franco akarayira kuunganidzwa kwakaganhurirwa, 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.