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Emilio Mola y Vidal (9 July 1887 – 3 June 1937) was a Spanish military officer who was one of the three leaders of the Nationalist coup of July 1936 that started the Spanish Civil War. After the death of Jose Sanjurjo on 20 July 1936, Mola commanded the Nationalists in the north of Spain, while Franco operated in the south.
Evangelista Torricelli was one of four Archimede-class submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1930s. She served in the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, and was transferred to the Armada Española (Spanish Navy) of Nationalists in 1937, renamed as General Mola.
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Evangelista Torricelli / General Mola: Evangelista Torricelli/ Emilio Mola [c] 27 March 1934 She torpedoed and disabled the Republican Almirante Cervera-class cruiser Miguel de Cervantes in 1936, still under Italian flag as Torricelli. Transferred to the Spanish nationalist navy in April 1937, renamed General Mola.
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 ocean sunfish (Mola mola), also known as the common mola, is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It is the type species of the genus Mola, and one of five extant species in the family Molidae. [6] [7] It was once misidentified as the heaviest bony fish, which was actually a different and closely related species of sunfish, Mola ...
On 26 June 1937, the street was named after General Mola, who died on 3 June in a plane crash. [3] [14] In the same year, the sewage system was installed and the water supply connected to facilitate the construction of the buildings, which had not yet begun. [15] In 1938, the street was finally paved.
When news of the mass killings of Republican soldiers and sympathizers – General Mola's policy to terrorise the Republicans – reached the Republican government, the Defence Minister Indalecio Prieto pleaded with the Spanish republicans: Don't imitate them! Don't imitate them! Surpass them in your moral conduct; surpass them by your generosity.