Manuel Tagüeña

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Manuel Tagüeña
Birth nameManuel Tagüeña Lacorte
Born1913
Died1971 (aged 57–58)
AllegianceSecond Spanish Republic Spanish Republic
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1936–1939
RankColonel
Commands heldMixed Brigade (1936), Division, 15th Army Corps (1938–9).
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War

Manuel Tagüeña Lacorte (1913–1971) was a Spanish military officer of the Spanish Republican Army.

Biography

Before the

Casado’s coup in March 1939 he fled from the Monòver airfield to France.[6]

After the war, he came to Mexico, left the PCE and died there in 1971.[7]

References

  1. ^ Preston, Paul. (2006). The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. London. p. 288
  2. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 1087
  3. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 815
  4. ^ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931–1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p. 463
  5. ^ Beevor, Antony. (2006). The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Penguin Books. London. pp. 350–358
  6. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 866
  7. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 924

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