Many Spanish children grew up believing the war was fought against foreigners and the painter Julian Grau Santos has said "it was instilled in me and I always believed that Spain had won the war against foreign enemies of our historic greatness".
Slikar Julian Grau Santos je rekao " u mene se usadilo i uvijek sam vjerovao da je Španjolska pobijedila u ratu protiv stranih neprijatelja naše povijesne veličine."