Francisco Galán Explained

Francisco Galán
Birth Date:	1902
Death Date:	1971 (aged 68–69)
Birth Place:	San Fernando, Andalusia, Spain
Death Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Birth Name:	Francisco Galán Rodríguez
Allegiance:	Spanish Republic
Branch:	Spanish Republican Army
Rank:	Major
Commands:	3rd Mixed Brigade (1936) 14th Army Corps (1937) XX Corps (1938) XII Corps (1939)
Battles:	Spanish Civil War Siege of Madrid Asturias Offensive Battle of Teruel Catalonia Offensive Cartagena Uprising Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

Francisco Galán Rodríguez (1902–1971), was a Spanish military officer.

Early life

He was the brother of Captain Fermin Galán and the Republican Majors José Maria and Juan Galán. Before the Spanish Civil War he was a lieutenant of the Spanish Civil Guard.^[1]

Spanish Civil War

In July 1936 he remained loyal to the Republican government and led one Militia column in the Somosierra front. In November 1936 he led the 3rd Mixed Brigade of the Spanish Republican Army during the Battle of Madrid.^[2] In August 1937 he was one of the Republican commanders in Asturias and in September 1937 he led the 14th Army Corps in the Asturias Campaign and on October he fled on board a fishing boat in order to avoid capture by the Nationalists.^[3] After that, in February 1938 he led the XX Corps in the Battle of Teruel, replacing Leopoldo Menéndez and he led the XII Corps during the Catalonia Offensive.^[4] On March 3, 1939, he was appointed military commander of Cartagena, but on March 4 he was arrested by the supporters of Casado during the Cartagena Uprising. On March 6 he fled from Cartagena to Bizerte on board a republican ship.^[5]

Exile

After the end of the war, he fled to Argentina and lived there until his death in 1971.

Notes

1. Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p.307
2. Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. pages 307 and 466
3. Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. pp.697 and 706-710
4. Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.467
5. Beevor, Antony. (2006). The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Penguin Books. London. pp.390-391.

References

• Beevor, Antony. (2006). The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Penguin Books. London.
• Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton.
• Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London.