Manuel Matallana Gomez.. Spanish officer and lawyer. A professional officer of the Spanish Army, he supported the Republican

Second Spanish Republic

The Second Spanish Republic was the government of Spain between April 14 1931, and its destruction by a military rebellion, led by General Francisco Franco....

 goverment during the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

. On november of 1936 he was a member of the general Miaja

José Miaja

José Miaja Menant was a Spanish Army Officer in the Second Spanish Republic.-Early life:He entered the Infantry Academy at Toledo in 1896. His first post was in Asturias...

’s staff during the battle of Madrid.After that, he was promoted to colonel and on July 1937 he was the chief of staff of Miaja during the battle of Brunete

Battle of Brunete

The Battle of Brunete , fought 15 miles west of Madrid, was a Republican attempt to alleviate the pressure exerted by the Nationalists on the capital and on the north during the Spanish Civil War...

. After that he was promoted to general. On February 1939 he said to the prime minister Negrin

Juan Negrín

Juan Negrín y López was a Spanish politician and physician.-Early years:Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Negrín came from a religious middle-class family...

 that it was impossible to continue the war and on March 1939 he joined to the conspiration

Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

The Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War took place between the 26th of March and the 1st of April 1939, towards the end of the Spanish Civil War...

 against the Negrin’s government. After the end of the war, he was detained and imprisoned by the Nationalists. He died in Madrid in 1956.