Years of service 1936–1939 Died 1971 Rank Colonel | Allegiance Spanish Republic Name Manuel Taguena Service/branch Army | |
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Birth name Manuel Taguena Lacorte | ||
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Manuel Tagüeña Lacorte (1913–1971) was a Spanish military officer of the Spanish Republican Army. Before the Spanish Civil War, he was a member of the socialist youth and studied matemathics and physics at the Madrid University. In July 1936 he led a militia column in the Somosierra front, in August on the Tagus front and took part in the defense of Madrid. He joined the PCE in November 1936 and was one of the first commanders of the mixed brigades. An outstanding leader, he rose through the ranks from company to army corps commander and he was promoted to Colonel. He was one of the Republican commanders in the retreat of Aragon. In the battle of the Ebro and in the Catalonia Offensive, he led the XV Army Corps of Modesto's Army of the Ebro. After Casado’s coup in March 1939 he fled from the Monovar airport to France.
After the war, he came to Mexico, left the PCE and died there in 1971.
