Francoism in Catalonia was established between 1939 and 1977 ( the first democratic elections took place on June 15 , 1977 ) , following the Spanish Civil War and post-war Francoist repression . Francisco Franco 's regime replaced Revolutionary Catalonia after the Catalonia Offensive at the end of the war . The dictatorship in Catalonia complemented the suppression of democratic freedoms with the repression of Catalan culture . Its totalitarian character and its unifying objectives meant the imposition of a single culture and a single language , Castillian . The regime was specifically anti-Catalan , but this did not stop the development of a Catalan Francoism that was forged during the war and fed by victory
Francoist repression
White Terror (Spain)
Francoist Catalonia