José María Galán Rodríguez (1904–1978) was a Spanish military officer. He served in the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
. He was the brother of
Fermín Galán, leader of the
Jaca Uprising, and
Francisco Galán. Before the war, he was a lieutenant of the ''
Carabineros''.
[Thomas, Hugh. (2001). ''The Spanish Civil War.'' Penguin Books. London. p.307]
Civil war
José María Galán remained loyal to the
Spanish government
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The Government consists of the Prime Minister and the Ministers; the prime minister has the o ...
during the
coup of July 1936 that triggered the Civil War. In July 1936, he led a militia column in the
Somosierra front.
[ In October 1936 he led the 3rd Mixed Brigade, one of the first such units to be established.
Later he took part in the Second Battle of the Corunna Road. In June 1937 he led the 34th Division in the Segovia Offensive.][Beevor, Antony. (2006).''The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.'' Penguin Books. London. p.275] In 1938, he led the XXIII Army Corps in Andalusia.
After the war, he fled to the USSR
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and later exiled himself to Cuba
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. He died there in 1978.
See also
* 3rd Mixed Brigade
* José_María_Galán (Spanish)
Notes
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1904 births
1978 deaths
Spanish army officers
Communist Party of Spain politicians
Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction)
Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Cuba
Spanish emigrants to Cuba
Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in the Soviet Union