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    Fidel Dávila Arrondo, 1st Marquess of Dávila (24 April 1878 – 22 March 1962) was a Spanish Army officer during the Spanish Civil War. Born in Barcelona...
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  • the name include: Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1878–1962), Spanish Army officer Fidel Castaño, Colombian drug lord and paramilitary Fidel Castro (1926-2016), Cuban...
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    planned by Mola, he commanded the Burgos military district after Fidel Dávila Arrondo assumed the successful coup. The district commander general Nicolás...
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    industries in the Basque Country. The attacking army was commanded by Fidel Dávila Arrondo, with Juan Vigón Suerodíaz as his second in command. José Solchaga...
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  • Ávila (surname) (redirect from Dávila)
    marathoner Enrico Caterino Davila (1576–1631), Italian historian Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1878–1962), Spanish army officer Guillermo Dávila (born 1955), Venezuelan...
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    established under the then commander of the Army of the North [es], Fidel Dávila Arrondo. The three branches of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force)...
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    Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Spanish general. The title was deprived on October 21, 2022, after the approval of the Democratic Memory Law. Fidel Dávila Arrondo, 1st...
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    Queipo de Llano Juan Yagüe Miguel Cabanellas José Enrique Varela Fidel Dávila Arrondo Manuel Goded Llopis  Manuel Hedilla Manuel Fal Conde Mario Roatta...
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    Group, the Army of the North, of 300,000–340,000 men led by the general Fidel Dávila in order to conquer Catalonia. The Nationalists assembled their best...
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    Position established Succeeded by Francisco Franco (Head of State) Fidel Dávila Arrondo (President of the Technical State Junta) Personal details Born Miguel...
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    weeks. The Nationalists were organized in 2 armies, North (commander Fidel Dávila, 19 divisions) and Levante (Luis Orgaz, 9 divisions), 28 divisions in...
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    Morante Camilo Alonso Vega José Enrique Varela Carlos A. Cabanillas Fidel Dávila Arrondo Agustín M. Grandes Antonio Téllez Solà Vicente López Tovar Josep...
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    Prime Minister Himself Preceded by Indalecio Prieto Succeeded by Fidel Dávila Arrondo Minister of the Treasury In office 5 April 1938 – 31 March 1939 Prime...
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    of the Army In office 19 July 1951 – 25 February 1957 Preceded by Fidel Dávila Arrondo Succeeded by Antonio Barroso Sánchez-Guerra Personal details Born...
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    que se nombra Jefe del Alto Estado Mayor al Teniente General don Fidel Dávila Arrondo. The Spanish Official Gazette. (in Spanish) Decreto de 20 de julio...
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    1938. "Decreto núm. 444 nombrando Ministro de Defensa Nacional a D. Fidel Dávila Arrondo" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (468). Agencia Estatal...
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    document and ordered his imprisonment. Following an appeal to Franco by Fidel Dávila Arrondo on the grounds of Kindelán's strong service record and his advancing...
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    Army (1951–1957) Deputy Prime Minister (1962–1967) 23 March 1962 Fidel Dávila Arrondo † 22 March 1962 Ad honorem President of the State Technical Board...
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    State Junta In office 3 June 1937 – 30 January 1938 Preceded by Fidel Dávila Arrondo Succeeded by Francisco Franco Personal details Born Francisco Gómez-Jordana...
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    de julio de 1945 por el que se nombra Ministro del Ejército a don Fidel Dávila Arrondo" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (202). Agencia Estatal...
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    batch of 180 tanks until 25 June 1979. On 31 January 1938, General Fidel Dávila Arrondo was appointed Minister of National Defence under the Franco's first...
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    of the North had 90,000 men (of which, 25,000 Italian), led by general Davila. The Italian force, led by General Bastico, comprised Bergonzoli's Littorio...
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    Bilbao but both failed. Mola died on 3 June and was replaced by General Davila. On 11 June the Nationalist troops reached the Iron Belt and on 12 June...
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    Joseph Putz Nino Nanetti † José Antonio Aguirre Alberto Montaud Fidel Dávila Arrondo José Solchaga Zala Rafael García Valiño Juan Bautista Sánchez Wolfram...
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    Mayor, AEM) Juan Vigón (1939–40) Francisco Martín Moreno (1940–41) Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1941–45) Luis Orgaz Yoldi (1945–46) Juan Vigón (1946–55) Carlos...
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    Franco to rely politically on his subordinates. The initial choice was Fidel Dávila, a brigadier general who, at the same time, was appointed chief of the...
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    Mayor, AEM) Juan Vigón (1939–40) Francisco Martín Moreno (1940–41) Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1941–45) Luis Orgaz Yoldi (1945–46) Juan Vigón (1946–55) Carlos...
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    office Left office Time in office Minister of National Defence 1 Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1878–1962) 31 January 1938 9 August 1939 360 days Military Franco...
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    disconcerting the enemy. In coordination with Solchaga, General Fidel Dávila Arrondo orders a double envelopment of Bilbao, which forces the Republican...
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  • Kindelán Duany, don Andrés Saliquet Zumeta, don Luis Orgaz Yoldi y don Fidel Dávila Arrondo, y a los Generales de División don Ricardo Serrador Santés, don Enrique...
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