In 1939 the Carlists for the first time in their movement's history ended a civil war on the winning side. Even so, this was not the final, triumphant Carlist War which some had dreamed would straightway usher in the Traditional Monarchy. Victory had to be shared with allies – Falangists, Alfonsists and political generals – who were no less eager than the Carlists to pursue their sectarian goals, while seemingly better placed to succeed. As Fal Conde had always feared would happen, Carlists were already being eased out of positions of power and influence when the war ended, and the chances of their gaining acceptance for their ideas, much less the installation of their monarchy, in the military–fascist climate of post-war Spain, were slender. It would nevertheless be over-hasty to conclude that Fal Conde's view of Carlism and its needs was correct, since some of the present problems were the result of the outlook which he represented. Monarchist fusion behind Don Juan and on a fundamentally Traditionalist platform as advocated by Rodezno could well have presented the officer corps and the Falange with serious competition; similarly, less obduracy than was displayed by Fal Conde in his pre-war and wartime dealings with the army might have encouraged warmer relations between Carlism and the military command and thus enhanced the Carlists' post-war prospects.