How did Franco affect people: Francisco Franco was a general/dictator and when he got the government to give him his power back he sent troops from Morocco to Asturias to suppress a leftist revolt and killed 4,000 people and left 10,000 imprisoned. When Franco became fully committed in the military conspiracy he had Jose Calvo Sotelo killed by the police of radical monarchist. As Franco signed a contract with Germany and Italy, he got assistance and secured arms in whatever he did.