Antonio Aranda
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Antonio Aranda Mata (13 November 1888 – 8 February 1979) was a military officer who fought on side of the Rebel faction in the Spanish Civil War.
Biography
Antonio Aranda Mata was born in Leganés on 13 November 1888.[1] During the
General. Aranda participated in several further engagements during the war including the Battle of Teruel and the Battle of the Ebro
. He served as captain general of the military region of Valencia.
Immediately following the war Aranda was appointed as the head of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1941 he participated in several
division general, was retired from duty by Franco.[4] Reasons argued by commentators for the cessation include the liberal ideology reportedly espoused by Aranda, his protracted lobbying and conspirations in favour of the installment of a constitutional monarchy (headed by Juan of Bourbon), or, rather anecdotically, an alleged link to freemasonry.[5]
According to the Francisco Franco Salgado-Araújo, the latter's cousin Francisco Franco was convinced that Aranda was a freemason.[5]
In 1976, after Franco's death,
Lieutenant General.[6]
He died in the Hospital del Generalísimo on 8 February 1979.[7]
References
- Citations
- ^ Ferrer Benimelli 1979, p. 48.
- ^ Llagués, J.L (2 June 2013). "El general sobornado por el MI6". Levante-EMV.
- ^ Morán, J. (5 June 2013). "Aranda, conspirador de dos millones de dólares en nómina de Churchill". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Ferrer Benimelli 1979, p. 35–36.
- ^ a b Ferrer Benimelli 1979, p. 36.
- ^ "El Rey asciende al general Aranda". El País. 23 November 1976.
- ^ Duyos, Luis Manuel (10 February 1979). "Aranda, el último general de la guerra". El País.
- Bibliography
- Ferrer Benimelli, José A. (1 April 1979). "Lo que no se ha dicho del general Aranda" (PDF). Tiempo de Historia. V (53): 34–49 – via Universidad de Salamanca.
- Time (magazine)
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