Manuel Matalla Gómez | |
Birth Date: | 25 December 1894 |
Death Date: | 1952 (aged 57) |
Birth Place: | Madrid, Kingdom of Spain |
Death Place: | Madrid, Francoist Spain |
Birth Name: | Manuel Matallana Gómez |
Allegiance: | Spanish Republic |
Branch: | Army |
Serviceyears: | 1936–1939 |
Rank: | General |
Battles: | Spanish Civil War |
Manuel Matallana Gómez (25 December 1894 - 1952) was a Spanish officer and lawyer. A son of a military officer, he joined the Spanish army and participated in the Rif War.[1] He supported the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War. In November 1936 he was a member of the general Miaja’s staff during the battle of Madrid.[2] After that, he was promoted to colonel and in July 1937 he was the chief of staff of Miaja during the battle of Brunete,[3] and then later promoted again to general.[4] In February 1939 he said to the prime minister Negrin that it was impossible to continue the war[5] and in March 1939 he joined Casado's coup against the Negrin government.[6] After the end of the war, he was detained and jailed by the Nationalists. Convicted to 30 years imprisonment, Franco granted him a reduced sentence, and by 1941 Matallana was a free man. He died in Madrid in 1952.[7]