Antonio Escobar Huertas

Antonio Escobar Huerta (14 November 1879, Ceuta – 8 February 1940) was a Spanish military officer.

Antonio Escobar Huerta
Birth nameAntonio Escobar Huerta
Born(1879-11-14)14 November 1879
Ceuta
Died8 February 1940(1940-02-08) (aged 60)
Barcelona
Allegiance Spanish Republic
Service/branchSpanish Civil Guard
Spanish Republican Army
RankGeneral
Commands heldEstremadura Army (1938–1939)
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War

Biography

Escobar was a Catholic and a conservative. At the outbreak 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 in January 1939, he led the Republican forces in the failed Valsequillo Offensive.[2] On 16 February 1939, he was one of the officers who said to the Prime Minister Juan Negrin that further military resistance was impossible. In March 1939, he was the commander of the Extremadura Army, supported 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] He was buried in the Montjuïc Cemetery, Barcelona.

See also

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. es: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.
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