Episode 17 - Franco, the Nazis, and Texaco Conspiracy You Can Believe In

Spain, 1936: After the the left-wing Popular Front coalition achieved victory at the polls, a confederacy of right-wing generals plotted to defeat it on the battlefield. Francisco Franco and his fascist allies in Italy and Nazi Germany would eventually defeat the democratically elected government of Spain. But they did it with plenty of support from an American oil company--Texaco.



SOURCES

Spain in our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 by Adam Hochschild

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/spain-in-our-hearts-adam-hochschild?variant=39936156172322



The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/309382.The_Spanish_Civil_War



The Spanish Republic and the Civil War 1931-39 by Gabriel Jackson

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/308404.The_Spanish_Republic_and_the_Civil_War_1931_39



Oil: Exit Rieber, Time Magazine

https://web.archive.org/web/20101014080648/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764502,00.html