Jose
Aranguren was
born in Spain in 1875. He became a brigadier
general in the Civil Guard. On 27th March,
1936, the Popular Front government appointed
him commander of the 5th Zone of the Civil Guard in Barcelona.
On the outbreak of
the Spanish Civil War Aranguren remained
loyal to the government and helped to put down the Nationalist rising
in Barcelona.
Aranguren played an important
role in the suppression of the May Riots
in 1937. He moved to Valencia in May
1937 and became military commander of the city on 13th November, 1937.
Aranguren was captured
when the Nationalist
Army took Valencia
on 30th March, 1939. He was court-martialed and executed later that
year.
The narrative text on this website
is copyright. This means that any school which copies the site for
local use onto a school cache is in breach of copyright. If your school
wishes to copy the site in this way, there is a tariff of charges.
Please contact Spartacus Educational spartacus@pavilion.co.uk
for details.
Last updated; 10th April, 2002
Available from Amazon Books
(order below)
