José Asensio Torrado

Spanish general
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José Asensio Torrado
Birth nameJosé Asensio Torrado
Born1892
Died1961
AllegianceSpain Kingdom of Spain (1904–1932)
 Spanish Republic (1931–1936)
Years of service1936–1939
RankGeneral
CommandsUnder-secretary of war 1936–1937
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War
  • Battle of Talavera de la Reina

José Asensio Torrado (1892–1961) was a Spanish general.

Life

Before the Spanish Civil War, he was a major in the Republican Army and a member of the Republican Antifascist Military Union.[1] He was one of the few Africanistas officers who remained loyal to the Republican government, and he led a militia column on the Somosierra front.[2] He led the Republican troops on the Tagus front and reorganised the Republican troops but was unable to stop the Nationalist offensive.[3]

On 24 October, he was appointed subsecretary of war[4] by Prime Minister Francisco Largo Caballero and in November 1936 was appointed commander of the Central Army. He reorganised the Republican Army and aided in the forming of the mixed brigades, which merged the militia troops with the remains of the prewar army,[5] the first troops of the republican army capable of open-field fighting.[6]

Nevertheless, he was rejected by the communists and the anarchists because he wanted to impose discipline on the Republican Army, and Soviet Ambassador Marcel Rosenberg, wanted him to be dismissed.[7] On 21 February 1937, he was dismissed after the fall of Málaga.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1936-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p. 227
  2. ^ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1936-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p. 263
  3. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 395
  4. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 424
  5. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 526
  6. ^ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1936-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p. 340
  7. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 517
  8. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p. 570
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