Original sentence: Arguing that Spain was exhausted following the civil war, Franco's Spain maintained an official policy of neutrality during World War II, contributing however to Hitler's efforts against the Soviet Union with the Blue Division.During the Cold War, Franco's regime was assisted by the United States.Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975.Franco's Nationalist faction received military support from local fascist, monarchist and right-wing groups, and also from Hitler's Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Fascist Italy.He restored the monarchy before his death, which made King Juan Carlos I his successor
Edited sentence: According to the 1947 referendum, he restored the monarchy before his death, which made King Juan Carlos I his successor.Arguing that Spain was exhausted following the civil war, Franco remained neutral during the Second World War (with the exception of the short-lived Blue Division).By the 1960s, Spain saw a progressive economical development and a timid democratic improvement.During the Cold War, Franco's regime was supported by the United States and was asked to join the United Nations, later Spain integrated NATO.Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975.Franco's Nationalist faction received military support from local fascist, monarchist and right-wing groups, and also from Hitler's Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Fascist Italy, while the Republican faction  was suported by local communists, anarchists, and nationalists (Basques, Galicians...), and it also received help from Stalin's USSR and International Brigades