Antonio Escobar Huertas

Antonio Escobar Huertas (14 November 1879, Ceuta – 8 February 1940). Spanish military officer. Escobar was a catholic and a conservative. At the break of the Spanish Civil War, he was a colonel of the Spanish Civil Guard in the city of Barcelona. He remained loyal to the Republican government and on 19 July with his 800 men aided decisively to the defeat of the coup in Barcelona.^[1] Later he was promoted to General, and on January 1939, he led the Republican forces in the failed Valsequillo Offensive.^[2] On 16 February 1939, he was one of the officer who said to the Prime Minister Juan Negrin that a further military resistance was impossible. In March 1939, he was the commander of the Estremadura Army, supported the Casado's coup and crushed the Communist resistance in Ciudad Real.^[3] On 26 March 1939, he was captured by the Nationalists and executed^[4] on 8 February 1940 in Barcelona.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ Beevor, Antony. (2006). The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p.67
2. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001) The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 848
3. ^ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.472
4. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001) The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 899
5. ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Escobar_Huerta

References

• Beevor, Antony. (2006). The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Penguin Books. London.
• Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton.
• Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London.