Manuel Tagüeña Explained

Manuel Tagüeña
Birth Date:	1913
Birth Name:	Manuel Tagüeña Lacorte
Allegiance:	Spanish Republic
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1936–1939
Rank:	Colonel
Commands:	Mixed Brigade (1936), Division, 15th Army Corps (1938–9).
Battles:	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] and during the fight for Barcelona. 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]

Bibliography

• Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish civil war, 1936–1939. Penguin Books. 2006. London. .
• Jackson, Gabriel. The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931–1939. Princeton University Press. 1967. Princeton.
• Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. 2006. London.,
• Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London.

Notes and References

1. Preston, Paul. (2006). The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. London. p. 288
2. Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 1087
3. Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 815
4. Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931–1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p. 463
5. Beevor, Antony. (2006). The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Penguin Books. London. pp. 350–358
6. Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 866
7. Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 924