Víctor Álvarez González (Gijón, born 1901) was an Asturian anarcho-syndicalist.
Biography
A native of the Asturian city Gijón, he joined the local arm of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT). [1]
After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the Confederal militias, commanding a CNT battalion in Asturias.[2] A supporter of militarization,[3] later joined the structure of the new Spanish Republican Army, coming to command the 3rd Asturian Brigade[4] and the 1st Asturian Division.[5][6] After the fall of the Northern Front, he returned to the central-southern Republican area, where he commanded the 22nd and 25th divisions,[7][8] operating on the Andalusia, Levante and Extremadura fronts.
References
- ↑ Alexander 1999, p. 242.
- ↑ Alexander 1999, p. 243.
- ↑ Alexander 1999, p. 258.
- ↑ Engel 1999, p. 166.
- ↑ Zaragoza 1983, p. 60.
- ↑ Engel 1999, p. 226.
- ↑ Engel 1999, p. 209.
- ↑ Maldonado 2007, p. 471.
Bibliography
- Alexander, Robert J. (1999). The Anarchists in the Spanish Civil War. Vol. I. Janus Publishing Company Lim. ISBN 978-1-85756-412-9.
- Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 84-922644-7-0.
- Maldonado, José María (2007). El frente de Aragón. La Guerra Civil en Aragón (1936-1938) (in Spanish). Mira Editores.
- Zaragoza, Cristóbal (1983). Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939 (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ed. Planeta.
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