Franco dies young-What's next for Spain?

Lets say that Francisco Franco drowns as a child in his hometown's nearby ocean; how would Spain fare through the 30's and WW2? Obviously, they would still be a very unstable country, and in this scenario, they might even lose Morocco.

Would the republic still come into being? Or would Spain simply stay under control of the rightests?

Your thoughts please; obviously, such a scenario requires much thinking, as Spain at this time is such a mess.
 
The Spanish Civil still happens without Franco; he was just one of several generals at the start, and moved up to leadership over the course of the war. Sanjuro was leader of the Nationalists prior to Franco, and butterflies might keep him from dying in a plane crash as he did in OTL (something Franco is at times accused of causing). If the Nationalists still win the Civil War that could lead to interesting differences, especially since according to Wikipedia Sanjuro had monarchist leanings.
 
The Spanish Civil still happens without Franco; he was just one of several generals at the start, and moved up to leadership over the course of the war. Sanjuro was leader of the Nationalists prior to Franco, and butterflies might keep him from dying in a plane crash as he did in OTL (something Franco is at times accused of causing). If the Nationalists still win the Civil War that could lead to interesting differences, especially since according to Wikipedia Sanjuro had monarchist leanings.

Yes, but there was also a huge leftist revolt in northern Spain, IIRC. It was initiated by the miners, who quickly booted out the military and Civil Guard, and captured several key military installations, such as a radio tower. And they armed themselves really fast. The Spanish government had to trn to Franco for help to put it down...so if Franco isn't alive, might thi revolt establish a socialist-like Spain?
 
Yes, but there was also a huge leftist revolt in northern Spain, IIRC. It was initiated by the miners, who quickly booted out the military and Civil Guard, and captured several key military installations, such as a radio tower. And they armed themselves really fast. The Spanish government had to trn to Franco for help to put it down...so if Franco isn't alive, might thi revolt establish a socialist-like Spain?

Most likely the same army as in OTL will be sent to crush the Asturias rebellion, just with a different commander at the head. Given that the revolt was already falling apart due to mistrust between the Communists and Anarchists, I'd imagine another general would do the job just as well.
 
Either Sanjurjo or Mola take over instead of him. Sanjurjo had monarchist leanings, while Mola prefered to keep the Republic but under a military dictatorship that repressed the left -some kind of earlier Pinochet Spain, but without all the neoliberal stuff.

btw, the most obvious way to kill Franco is to make him die in Morocco in 1923 as he almost did in OTL: he received a shot in the belly that, according to the medics, would have killed him instantly if he had been inhalating air while receiving it instead of exhaling. When he arrived to the hospital, he was also lucky enough to receive the hospital's last morphine dosis.
 
Either Sanjurjo or Mola take over instead of him. Sanjurjo had monarchist leanings, while Mola prefered to keep the Republic but under a military dictatorship that repressed the left -some kind of earlier Pinochet Spain, but without all the neoliberal stuff.

Out of curiousity, do you know if Sanjurjo supported the Bourbon or Carlist line of succession?
 

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Out of curiousity, do you know if Sanjurjo supported the Bourbon or Carlist line of succession?

Sanjurjo supported the bourbon line, but he was in a bad relationship with Alfonso XIII... it's difficult to wonder what he would have done. Maybe he would have stayed as a dictator while restoring the monarchy with Juan III as a king. Given his date of birth and the reality of a monarchy linked to the dictatorship, that could have brought an earlier and republican transition to democracy. Even when Juan de Borbon adopted a liberal, democratic monarchist position in 1945, at first he fully supported the national side.

If Mola, instead of Sanjurjo, assumes the main role in the uprising, then I envision pretty much the same as Dr. Strangelove.
 
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