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    José Miaja Menant (20 April 1878 in Oviedo, Asturias – 14 January 1958 in Mexico) was a General of the Second Spanish Republic. He entered the Infantry...
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    in Andalusia, organized the sending of a column to the south. General José Miaja was in charge of directing this column, which was nourished by military...
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    commander of all armed forces in the central-southern zone army General José Miaja, his chief of staff General Manuel Matallana, commander of the Army of...
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    3 March 1939. Colonel Segismundo Casado, joined by Besteiro, general José Miaja, Cipriano Mera and disillusioned anarchist leaders ― tired of fighting...
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    Republican military commander in Madrid was nominally a Spanish general, Jose Miaja, but Soviet military personnel were perhaps more important. General Goriev...
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  • leaders of the Republicans, is also mentioned in Chapter 18. General José Miaja, in charge of the defense of Madrid in October 1936, and General Vicente...
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    " a throwback to Hernán Cortés' Noche Triste). On 17 February General José Miaja took overall command of the Republican front. Command had previously been...
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    General José Miaja, who had supreme command of the Republican forces, communicated with Negrin, who was in Toulouse, on 9 February 1939. Miaja wanted permission...
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    de Defensa) in order to negotiate a peace deal with Franco. On 6 March, Miaja joined the rebellion and was appointed president of the junta. The other...
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    2013. "Joint Press Conference with President George W. Bush and President Jose Maria Aznar" The White House. Retrieved 2 October 2013. "Jeb Bush slips on...
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    seats to govern on its own. Alcalá-Zamora refused to appoint the CEDA leader José María Gil-Robles as prime minister and instead appointed Alejandro Lerroux...
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    Zone (zona centro). The GERC was led by Defence of Madrid hero, General José Miaja Menant. It was the most powerful section of the republican military that...
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    tanks, which they now intended to put to their first full use. General Miaja initially commanded two Spanish Republican Army corps. Vth Army Corps commanded...
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    Army of Africa, crossed the Jarama River on February 11, 1937. General José Miaja sent three International Brigades to the Jarama Valley to block the advance...
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    (1893–1968) Interim March 4, 1939 March 13, 1939 Republican Army National Defence Council José Miaja (1878–1958) Interim March 13, 1939 March 27, 1939...
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    1926 he founded the Acción Republicana ("Republican Action") party with José Giral. A strong critic of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, Azaña published...
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    Valencia on 6 November 1936, leaving General José Miaja to govern the city and mobilize civilians for defense. Miaja was told to defend the capital "at all...
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    He temporarily acted as the CND president, but ceded the post to general Miaja the following day and within the body he assumed office as counselor of...
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  • international relations and disband, as agreed with president José López Portillo of Mexico. "JOSE MALDONADO. Ultimo Presidente de la Republica Española"....
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    Segismundo Casado^^^ José Miaja^^^ Spanish Republic in exile (1939–1977) Álvaro de Albornoz^^ Diego Martínez Barrio Luis Jiménez de Asúa José Maldonado González...
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  • Central Region Army Group (GERC), under the supreme command of General José Miaja. In June 1938, the Levante Army absorbed the forces of the Maneuver Army...
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    replaced with Luis Castello Pantoja, at the time in Badajoz. Initially Miaja acted as a caretaker, but early in the morning of July 19 he was appointed...
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    force Leadership Commander-in-chief Manuel Azaña (last) Prime minister José Miaja (last) Minister of Defence Segismundo Casado (last) Personnel Active personnel...
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    head of the General Staff of the Forces of Defense commanded by General Jose Miaja, head of the Junta de Defensa de Madrid created to defend the capital...
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    Spain Italian Volunteer Corps Commanders and leaders Vicente Rojo Lluch José Miaja Enrique Jurado Barrio Enrique Líster Nino Nanetti [es] Cipriano Mera Mario...
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  • Martínez Barrio, Acting President (1936) Manuel Azaña, President (1936–1939) José Miaja, Interim President (1939) Prime ministers (complete list) – Niceto Alcalá-Zamora...
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    his return to Spain he was appointed adjutant to the Republican General José Miaja. In June 1937 they went into reserve, where they were joined by men from...
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    very same General Serrano, the singer José Mirall, the composer Emilio Arrieta, the Colonel Gándara, the captain José María Arana and the Captain of Engineers...
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    the Spanish Legion troops overran the Republican positions of the Columna Miaja leaving many dead. The battle is famous owing to the picture of a "falling...
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    appeal to Nationalist General Emilio Mola to avoid war, and was succeeded by José Giral. He fled the country after Francisco Franco came to power in 1939....
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