After the death of the faction's early leaders, General Francisco Franco, one of the members of the 1936 coup, would head the Nationalists throughout most of the war and emerge as the dictator of Spain until 1975. In 1937, all the groups were merged into the FET y de las JONS. It was composed of a variety of right-leaning political groups that supported the Spanish Coup of July 1936 against the Second Spanish Republic and Republican faction and sought to depose Manuel Azaña, including the Falange, the CEDA, and two rival monarchist claimants: the Alfonsist Renovación Española and the Carlist Traditionalist Communion.
The Nationalist faction ( Spanish: Bando nacional) or Rebel faction ( Spanish: Bando sublevado) was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. State flag of the Spanish State from 1938 to 1945.
