Emilio Mola

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Emilio Mola was a Spanish Nationalist general and key architect of the military uprising that triggered the Spanish Civil War.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish general
human
military officer
politician
alliedWith Francisco Franco
José Sanjurjo
Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War
burialPlace Burgos
causeOfDeath airplane crash
conflict Rif War
Spanish Civil War
continent Europe
countryOfCitizenship Spain
dateOfBirth 1887-07-09
dateOfDeath 1937-06-03
ethnicGroup Spanish people
familyName Mola
givenName Emilio
ideology Spanish nationalism
authoritarianism
mannerOfDeath accident
militaryBranch Spanish Army
militaryRank general
movement Spanish Nationalist faction
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableFor issuing harsh repression instructions in rebel-held areas
organizing the Nationalist conspiracy against the Popular Front government
notableQuote reference to a "fifth column" inside Madrid during the Spanish Civil War
notableWork planning of the 1936 military uprising against the Second Spanish Republic
opposedTo Second Spanish Republic
participantIn Rif War
Spanish Civil War
Spanish coup of July 1936
placeOfBirth Cuba
Placetas
placeOfDeath Spain
near Burgos
positionHeld Director-General of Security of Spain
High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco
brigade general
division general
military governor of Pamplona
roleInEvent key architect of the Nationalist military uprising of July 1936
sexOrGender male
sideInConflict Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War
timePeriod 20th century


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