Manuel Tagüeña Lacorte (1913–1971) was a Spanish military officer of the

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. Before the

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, he was a member of the socialist youth and studied mathematics and physics at

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. 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

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commander and he was promoted to Colonel. He was one of the Republican commanders in the retreat of Aragon. In the

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and in the

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, he led the XV Army Corps of

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's Army of the Ebro. After

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in March 1939 he fled from the

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airfield to

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. After the war, he came to

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, left the PCE and died there in 1971.Thomas, Hugh. (2001). ''The Spanish Civil War.'' Penguin Books. London. p. 924

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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. Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) 1913 births 1971 deaths Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in the Soviet Union Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in France Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Mexico Communist Party of Spain politicians {{Spain-mil-bio-stub