Agustín Muñoz Grandes

Don Agustín Muñoz Grandes , German spelling: Munoz-Grandes, (born January 27, 1896 in Carabanchel Bajo , Madrid ; † July 11, 1970 , ibid) was a Spanish general , first commander of the Blue Division , politician and deputy from 1962 to 1967 Prime Minister of his country.

Life

Muñoz Grandes entered the Infantry Military Academy in Toledo in 1913 and became a Spanish officer. He fought first in Spanish Morocco and in the civil war on the national side. During the Second World War , as a commander (with the rank of lieutenant general of the Wehrmacht ), he led the 250th Infantry Division (Spanish) consisting of Spanish volunteers, also known as the Blue Division after the shirts of the Falange , in the war of the German Empire against the Soviet Union. Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by Adolf Hitler on March 12, 1942 and the Oak Leaves on December 12, 1942 when the division was handed over to Major General Emilio Esteban Infantes y Martín , he made one after his return to Spain in 1943 steep military career.

In 1945 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the First Military Region. From 1951 to 1957 he was the Spanish Minister of Defense. Between 1962 and 1967 he was Deputy Prime Minister.

Web links

Newspaper article about Agustín Muñoz Grandes in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 560.

personal data
SURNAME	Muñoz Grandes, Agustín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish general, defense minister and deputy prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH	January 27, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Carabanchel Bajo
DATE OF DEATH	July 11, 1970
Place of death	Carabanchel Bajo

[1] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 560.