| Francisco Ciutat de Miguel | |
| Birth Date: | 1909 |
| Death Date: | November 30th, 1986 (aged 77) |
| Birth Place: | Kingdom of Spain |
| Allegiance: | Second Spanish RepublicSoviet UnionRepublic of CubaAlgeriaNorth Vietnam |
| Branch: | Spanish Peoples ArmyRed Army |
| Battles: | Spanish Civil WarSecond World WarBay of Pigs InvasionEscambray RebellionSand WarVietnam War |
| Alma Mater: | Voroshilov Academy |
Francisco Ciutat de Miguel, known as Angelito (1909 – November 30, 1986),[1] was a Spanish communist,[2] lieutenant of infantry and commander.
He fought the Battle of Santander, during the Spanish Civil War, in the summer of 1937 as a Chief of Operations of the Army of the North.[3]
After the end of the Spanish Civil War, de Miguel fled to the Soviet Union,[2] where he joined the Voroshilov Academy and married Sofía Kokuina.[4] He later participated as a foreign military advisor to the Cuban Army during the Bay of Pigs Invasion.[1] He also assisted the Algerian Army against Morocco during the Sand War and participated in the Vietnam War.[5]
He later returned to Spain in 1977 after the death of Francisco Franco.[5]
He had many aliases: