JFM
2009-04-02 08:20:53
Marie Claude, you are right 732 is the battle of Tours (aka battle of Poitiers). I have never been very good with dates.
Miaman
Franco came from a family with a strong tradition of serving in the Spanish Navy, he was the first to serve in the Army. It could be that he was not a “true” Galician, and only happened to be born there due to his father being destined at EL Ferrol where the Navy had a base. But you are right about him not looking Galician: his skin was relatively dark, he was short and in addition he had the round head and baldness typical in people from the South of Spain and uncommon in Galicia.
