Manuel Matallana

Manuel Matallana Gomez. (1899-1956). Spanish officer and lawyer. A professional officer of the Spanish Army, on november of 1936 he was a member of the general Miaja’s staff during the battle of Madrid.^[1]After that, he was promoted to colonel and on July 1937 he was the chief of staff of Miaja during the battle of Brunete.^[2] After that he was promoted to general.^[3] On February 1939 he said to the prime minister Negrin that it was impossible to continue the war^[4] and on March 1939 he joined to the conspiration against the Negrin’s government.^[5] After the end of the war, he was detained and imprisoned by the Nationalists. He died in Madrid in 1956.^[6]

Notes

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

References

• Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish civil war, 1936-1939. Penguin Books. 2006. London. ISBN 978-0-14-303765-1
• Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London.
• Jackson, Gabriel. The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. 1967.