Name Manuel Matallana Allegiance Spanish Republic Died 1956, Madrid, Spain | Years of service 1936-1939 Rank General | |
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Battles/wars Spanish Civil War
Siege of Madrid
Battle of Brunete
Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War Battles and wars Siege of Madrid, Battle of Brunete, Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War, Spanish Civil War Similar People Jose Miaja, Segismundo Casado, Francisco Franco, Gastone Gambara, Cipriano Mera | ||
Birth name Manuel Matallana Gonez Service/branch Spanish Republican Army | ||
Manuel Matallana Gomez. (1899, Madrid – 1956) was a 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, and then later promoted again 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 Casado's coup against the Negrin government. After the end of the war, he was detained and imprisoned by the Nationalists. He died in Madrid in 1956.