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Without Juan March's money and contacts, the coup leaders would not have been able to win the civil war and establish Franco's dictatorship. I explain why the richest man in Spain hated the Republic under left-wing governments, his escape from prison, his decisive help to the rebels during the civil war, and how he made a big business out of the war that ruined Spain. Juan March Series ???? • Biography of Juan March Ordinas Check the script and sources here ???? https://lahistoriaespana.com/juan-mar... ???? SUBSCRIBE and hit the bell ???? Chronological series The History of Spain: • The History of Spain Become a member of this channel to enjoy benefits: / @lahistoriaespana --------------------- ???? Website and store: https://lahistoriaespana.com ???? PATREON: / lahistoriaespana ???? DISCORD: / discord ???? Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lahistoriaes... ???? TikTok: / lahistoriaespana ???? Instagram: / lahistoriaespana ???? Facebook: / lahistoriaespana ???? Twitter: / historiaxespana --------------------- CONTENTS: 00:00 Hook 01:22 The Republican-Socialist Government against Juan March 05:38 Juan March and total war from prison 11:38 Juan March's film-like prison escape 14:09 March during the counter-reformist biennium 19:10 Juan March, the great financier of the coup d'état of July 18 22:22 The fixer of the rebels 27:27 March and the defense of his fiefdom of Mallorca 28:47 March, the banker of the rebels in the Spanish Civil War 33:04 The great business of war 36:38 Outro