Manuel Tagüeña

Manuel Tagüeña
Birth name	Manuel Tagüeña Lacorte
Born	1913
Died	1971 (aged 57–58)
Allegiance	Spanish Republic
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1936–1939
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	Mixed Brigade (1936), Division, 15th Army Corps (1938–9).
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War Siege of Madrid Aragon Offensive Battle of the Ebro Catalonia Offensive Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

Manuel Tagüeña Lacorte (1913–1971) was a Spanish military officer of the Spanish Republican Army.

Biography

Before the Spanish Civil War, he was a member of the socialist youth and studied mathematics and physics at Madrid University.^[1] 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. He rose through the ranks from company to army corps commander and he was promoted to Colonel.^[2] He was one of the Republican commanders in the retreat of Aragon.^[3] In the battle of the Ebro and in the Catalonia Offensive,^[4] he led the XV Army Corps of Modesto's Army of the Ebro.^[5] After Casado’s coup in March 1939 he fled from the Monòver airfield to France.^[6]

After the war, he came to Mexico, left the PCE and died there in 1971.^[7]

References

Bibliography

• Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish civil war, 1936–1939. Penguin Books. 2006. London. ISBN 978-0-14-303765-1.
• Jackson, Gabriel. The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931–1939. Princeton University Press. 1967. Princeton. ISBN 978-0-691-00757-1
• Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. 2006. London. ISBN 978-0-00-723207-9, ISBN 0-00-723207-1
• Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. ISBN 978-0-14-101161-5