Manuel Matallana

Manuel Matalla Gómez
Birth name Manuel Matallana Gónez
Born 1899
Madrid
Died 1956
Madrid
Allegiance Second Spanish Republic Spanish Republic
Service/branch Army
Years of service 1936-1939
Rank General
Battles/wars

Spanish Civil War

Manuel Matallana Gomez. (1899, Madrid 1956) was a Spanish officer and lawyer. A son of a military officer, he joined the Spanish army and participated in the Rif War.[1] He supported the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War. In November 1936 he was a member of the general Miaja’s staff during the battle of Madrid.[2] After that, he was promoted to colonel and on July 1937 he was the chief of staff of Miaja during the battle of Brunete,[3] and then later promoted again to general.[4] On February 1939 he said to the prime minister Negrin that it was impossible to continue the war[5] and on March 1939 he joined Casado's coup against the Negrin government.[6] After the end of the war, he was detained and imprisoned by the Nationalists. He died in Madrid in 1956.[7]

Notes

  1. es:Manuel Matallana Gómez
  2. Jackson, Gabriel. The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. 1967. p.323
  3. Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. p.690
  4. Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. p.845
  5. Jackson, Gabriel. The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. 1967. p.467
  6. Beevor, Antony. The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Penguin Books. London. 2006. p.389
  7. Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. p.923

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