Fidel Dávila Arrondo
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Fidel Dávila Arrondo | |
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Francisco Gómez-Jordana | |
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Born | Fidel Dávila Arrondo Gil y Arija 24 April 1878 Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain |
Died | 22 March 1962 Madrid, Francoist Spain (now Spain) | (aged 83)
Political party | Falange |
Profession | Military |
Fidel Dávila Arrondo, 1st Marquess of Dávila (24 April 1878 – 22 March 1962) was a Spanish Army officer during the Spanish Civil War.
Born in
During the military reforms of Prime Minister Manuel Azaña, he solicited permission to go into the reserves and settled down in Burgos, from where he participated in the military conspiracy to overthrow the Popular Front government. On the night of the July 18–19, 1936 he seized the civil government of Burgos. He was a member of the Junta de Defensa Nacional and president of the Junta Técnica del Estado, the core of the future national government, as well as chief of staff of the Army. He participated in the War in the North resulting in the conquest of Biscay, Cantabria, and Asturias.
He was named minister of National Defense in the first government of
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