Antonio Escobar Huertas

Antonio Escobar Huerta
Birth name	Antonio Escobar Huerta
Born	14 November 1879 Ceuta
Died	8 February 1940 (aged 60) Barcelona
Allegiance	Spanish Republic
Service/branch	Spanish Civil Guard Spanish Republican Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Estremadura Army (1938-1939.
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona Battle of Valsequillo Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

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

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 on 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 rebel faction and executed^[4] on 8 February 1940 in Barcelona.^[5]

See also

• List of people executed by Francoist Spain

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
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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.