Franco dies soon after the end of the Spanish Civil War. Is there a Second Spanish Civil War?

From what I know, Franco was the only one capable of keeping peace and harmony between the different elements of the Nationalist coalition, and even then it was fragile.
If he somehow died soon after the end of the Spanish Civil War, could there be a Second Spanish Civil War between the different elements of the Nationalist coalition?
 
There had been a civil war which means that many "hotheads" had died and few people would want to restart it again. I do not think a civil war but perhaps independent "kingdoms" with mini kings, not in name but in practice who rule over their own area and get the money and use what military forces they have as an "extraction tool".

If Franco dies during ww2 there is also a chance that the allies and the axis will try to support some groups, which may escalate into a shooting war which will drag in the Germans and Vichy French who will now enter the area.

The Germans might just roll in when Franco dies and declare Spain theirs. There are many possibilities.
 
I don't think you'll see warlordism in Spain if Franco dies. The question is which of the two major factions lands on top - the right wing pragmatists which is the element that Franco led, or the more dedicated Falangists. In the former case, expect things to go roughly along the same trajectory as OTL with Spain leaning Axis during the war, especially early on, but Spain definitely staying on the sidelines. If the more doctrinaire Falange gets in charge, like Mussolini the Spanish might be tempted to jump on the bandwagon and join with Germany to try and take Gibraltar. If they pass on that they may become co-belligerents fully sending more than just the "blue division" to Russia. If the Spanish do gt in the war officially one way or another it will be very bad indeed for Spain - either with the RN blockading Spain early on, or once the USA gets in the war if Spain is at war with Russia, everything from the western hemisphere to Spain comes to a screeching halt.
 
Technically there was a attempt post 1945 to revive a revolt. For a few years a weak guerrilia or terrorist action was carried out. Then there was the Basque separatist movement which dragged on a lot longer.

The Catalonians were the others with a separatist inclination, but they had reach a acomidation with Franco's government in 1939 & were not interested in further bloodshed.
 
Technically there was a attempt post 1945 to revive a revolt. For a few years a weak guerrilia or terrorist action was carried out. Then there was the Basque separatist movement which dragged on a lot longer.

The Catalonians were the others with a separatist inclination, but they had reach a acomidation with Franco's government in 1939 & were not interested in further bloodshed.

During World War II, tensions between the Monarchists and the Falangists were very high. After that, in 1947, Franco had to declare Spain a Kingdom, in order to appease the Monarchists.
 
During World War II, tensions between the Monarchists and the Falangists were very high. After that, in 1947, Franco had to declare Spain a Kingdom, in order to appease the Monarchists.
Though tensions did exist, intra right wing feuds never developed into shooting confrontations as they did with the various Spanish leftist groups. Early on in the civil war, Franco ordered that all armed right wing groups: African legion, main stream army as well as Phalangist, Carlist, and other independent private militias be merged into a single unified nationalist army with one chain of command. Former Carlist groups were allowed to keep insignia though. This probably applied to former phalangist militias as well.

Thus, if Franco were to have died early, the various right wing groups had been “working as one” throughout the civil war. I think they would be very unlikely to start to fight each other beyond say, firings and counter firings of senior civil servants in the course of cabinet shuffles or "reassignments" in a rubber stamp parliament.
 
Actually gunfire between groups, nope. Serious infighting yes - and depedinding on who comes out on top will depend on whether Spain stays neutral or joins in the war in some way.
 
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