Eh, it's not that far off either. Even the king called him "my Duce" if i remember correctly.

And technically the coup was so no one would figure out that the war was going badly because the generals were a bunch of idiots. Spanish lives being lost pointlessly is what led to the hate towards that war. (I don't know if maghrebis played a factor here, but i'm goint to assume those deaths didn't bother the spanish that much, althought maybe i'm wrong).