Fidel Dávila Arrondo

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Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1938/39)

Fidel Dávila Arrondo (born April 24, 1878 in Barcelona , † March 22, 1962 in Madrid ) was a Spanish officer during the Spanish Civil War .

Life

Fidel Dávila Arrondo fought as an infantry officer in Cuba during the Spanish-American War and received the Cruz del Mérito Militar . He later moved to the General Staff of the Spanish Army. He was promoted and transferred to Spanish Morocco . In 1929 he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and transferred to the VII Military District. During the military reform under Prime Minister Manuel Azaña , he asked for a retirement and settled near Burgos .

Dávila Arrondo was a member of the Junta de Defensa Nacional and he took part in the conspiracy against the government of the Frente Popular . On the night of July 18 to July 19, 1936 he took over the civil administration of Burgos. He took part in the war in northern Spain which ended in the conquest of Vizcaya , Santander and Asturias . In February 1938 he was made Defense Minister in the first administration of Francisco Franco and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. He planned the Aragon offensive , took part in the attack on Maestrazgo , the Battle of the Ebro and the Catalonia offensive . In August 1939 he received the rank of General Field Marshal of the II Military District and Army Headquarters.

literature

  • Stanley G. Payne: The Franco Regime 1936-1975 (Age of Dictators 1920-1945). Phoenix House, 2000.
  • Fidel Davila y Arrondo , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 25/1962 from June 11, 1962, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)