On This Day - What happened 1 April 1939 AD

Victory was proclaimed on 1 April 1939, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered. On the same day, Franco placed his sword upon the altar of a church and in a vow, promised that he would never again take up his sword unless Spain itself was threatened with invasion.

The Nationalists won the Spanish Civil War in April 1939.

Franco proclaimed victory in a radio speech aired on 1 April, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered.