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Founder and leader of the Falangist Party Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera was executed by the republicans during the Spanish Civil on November 20, 1936. There were two plots to free him from prison prior to his execution; what if one of those plots had succeded and Primo made back to safe to Nationalist territory? Assuming he's not killed in battle or assassinated during the course of the civil war and it comes to the same conclusion as in OTL by spring of 1939 he will be the second most powerful man in Spain, perhaps Vice President or Deputy Prime Minister. He also be General Franco's most potential rival. What then would the course of Spanish history be if he had survived? How would merger of the Falangists with the Nationalists come about in 1937 with Primo still alive? Would it be more on Primo's terms and less on the Generalisimo's? How would this affect foriegn policy during the early years of WWII? Would Spain officially stay neutral or join the Axis Powers? And would the rivalry between Franco and Prima ultimately turn into an ugly power struggle?