Manuel Matallana
Male, Person
1899 –
Who is Manuel Matallana?
Manuel Matallana Gomez.. Spanish officer and lawyer. A son of a military officer, he joined the Spanish army and participated in the Rif War. 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. After that, he was promoted to colonel and on July 1937 he was the chief of staff of Miaja during the battle of Brunete. After that he was promoted to general. On February 1939 he said to the prime minister Negrin that it was impossible to continue the war and on March 1939 he joined to the conspiration against the Negrin’s government. After the end of the war, he was detained and imprisoned by the Nationalists. He died in Madrid in 1956.
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