Luis Barceló Jover (1896 – 15 March 1939) was a Spanish military officer.

Spanish Civil War

A professional officer of the Spanish Army, he supported the

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government during the

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. In 1936 he was a major of the Spanish army. In July 1936, he was one of the officers who set up summary courts to try the rebel officers captured after the failure of the '' coup'' in Madrid. In September 1936, he took part in the

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. Later, he joined the

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and led one mixed brigade of

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's division in the

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. Later, he was promoted to colonel and in June 1937, he became one of the Republican commanders in the

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. In 1939, he was the commander of the I

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of the Republican Army of the Centre.

Casado coup and execution

On March 5, 1939, the Colonel

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, an officer of the Republican Army, supported a section of the

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(

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), a section of the UGT (Wenceslao Carrillo), the CNT (

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), the general

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and the secret service of the Republic ''(SIM)'', staged a coup, deposed the prime minister,

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, and established the National Defence Council (''Consejo Nacional de Defensa'') to start peace negotiations with

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. The Council dismissed the communist commanders of the I, II, and III Corps of the Army of the Centre, such as Barceló, but he rejected the authority of the Council, and on March 7, he appointed himself as Commander of the Army of the Centre, set up his headquarters in the Pardo Palace and entered with his troops in Madrid, supported by the Bueno's II Corps and the Ortega's III Corps, starting a brief civil war inside the Republic. After days of bloody combat, he was defeated by Cipriano Mera's IV Corps and surrendered himself to the Council on March 12. On March 13, he and his commissar, José Conesa, were

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by a military tribunal and executed.Beevor, Antony. (2006). ''The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.'' Penguin Books. London. p.394

References

Sources

*Beevor, Antony. (2006). ''The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil war, 1936–1939.'' Penguin Books. London. . *Preston, Paul. (1995). ''Franco.'' Fontana Press. London. . *Preston, Paul. (2006). ''The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, Revolution & Revenge.'' Harper Perennial. London. . . *Thomas, Hugh. ''The Spanish Civil War.'' Penguin Books. 2001. London. {{DEFAULTSORT:Barcelo, Luis 1896 births 1939 deaths Military personnel from Madrid Spanish army officers Communist Party of Spain politicians Spanish communists Unión Militar Republicana Antifascista members Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Executed Spanish people People executed by Spain by firing squad