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José Sanjurjo y Sacanell (Spanish: [saŋˈxuɾxo]; 28 March 1872 – 20 July 1936) was a Spanish military officer who was one of the military leaders who plotted the July 1936 coup d'état that started the Spanish Civil War.
Enrique Sacanell Ruiz de Apocada, El General Sanjurjo, héroe y víctima: el militar que pudo evitar la dictadura franquista, Madrid 2004, ISBN 8497342054; Alfonso Serrano Gómez, Don José Antón en el proceso del General Sanjurjo y su voto reservado, [in:] Revista de derecho penal y criminología 2 (1992), pp. 11–44
Archimede / General Sanjurjo: Archimedes/ Jose Sanjurjo [b] 10 December 1933 During the second half of 1936 she operated in Spanish waters covertly as Archimede. Transferred to the Spanish nationalist navy in April 1937, renamed General Sanjurjo.
Archimede was the lead ship of her class of four submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the early 1930s. She was transferred to the Armada Española (Spanish Navy) of Nationalists in 1937, renamed General Sanjurjo, and served in the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939.
While General José Sanjurjo, in exile in Portugal, remained the recognized leader, Mola was delegated the authority within the organization to plan operations in Spain. [4] Known as "the Director", Mola sent secret instructions to the various military units to be involved in the uprising and worked out a detailed plan for a post-coup government.
The person agreed to lead the future coup was the exiled general José Sanjurjo. His representative in Spain was initially general Ángel Rodríguez del Barrio, but since late May this role was assumed by general Emilio Mola, who emerged as the de facto leader of the conspiracy. Some right-wing politicians were given vague information, but they ...
The man to lead the Carlist rising, general Sanjurjo, died in aviation accident in July 1936. Two military leaders of JTM, Muslera and Baselga , [ 88 ] were captured during failed coup in San Sebastián and executed soon afterwards.
General José Sanjurjo became the figurehead of the operation and helped to come to an agreement with the Carlists. [32] Mola was the chief planner and second in command. [33] José Antonio Primo de Rivera was released from prison in mid-March to restrict the Falange. [32]