hey, all. i need to figure out a little detail for my ASB ATL based on a separate decision i recently made. bear with me here since this requires some handwaving and not necessarily explaining some of the other aspects of the TL since i only want to focus on the question at hand in this thread.
so, my question requires that neither Nazi Germany nor the Soviet Union come to be ITTL, removing the incentive of leaving Franco alone as the lesser of two evils (iirc, it's been mentioned that the main reason Franco stayed in power for so long was in part because the West simply didn't bother doing anything about him since he was anti-communist)
now, the full question: Does Francoist Spain still persist from 1936 to 1975 ITTL without the "distraction" of the Cold War, or would an external power invade/filibuster the state into an anti-fascist puppet (with all that entails)?
in particular, i'd like to figure out if it would last to 1950 at the latest
so, my question requires that neither Nazi Germany nor the Soviet Union come to be ITTL, removing the incentive of leaving Franco alone as the lesser of two evils (iirc, it's been mentioned that the main reason Franco stayed in power for so long was in part because the West simply didn't bother doing anything about him since he was anti-communist)
now, the full question: Does Francoist Spain still persist from 1936 to 1975 ITTL without the "distraction" of the Cold War, or would an external power invade/filibuster the state into an anti-fascist puppet (with all that entails)?
in particular, i'd like to figure out if it would last to 1950 at the latest