Janos Galic ( Hungarian. Gálicz János ; 1890 - 1939 ) - Soviet military of Hungarian descent, a participant in the Civil War in Spain , where he was nicknamed “General Gal” ( General Gal ).
| Galich Yanosh | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | General Gal |
| Date of Birth | 1890 |
| Place of Birth | Austria-Hungary |
| Date of death | 1939 |
| Place of death | |
| Affiliation |  Austria-Hungary the USSR |
| Type of army | |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Commanded |  XV inter-brigade |
| Battles / wars | World War I Civil war in Russia , Spanish Civil War : The Battle of Jaram [1] Brunet operation |
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Biography
Born in 1890 in the city of Totkolosz in Austria-Hungary (currently the Bekes County in Hungary).
As part of the Austro-Hungarian army, he participated in the First World War. He was captured on the Eastern Front by Russian. He became a communist, joined the Red Army , took part in the Civil War in Russia.
He studied at the Military Academy. Frunze in Moscow, received the rank of colonel . In 1936 he was sent to Spain, fought in the international brigade in the Civil War in Spain under the assumed name of Joseph Ivanovich Gal ( Spanish José Ivanovich Gal ). For some time at the beginning of 1937 he commanded the Abraham Lincoln Inter-Brigade [2] , but was replaced by Vladimir Chopich . Then commanded other Spanish divisions.
After the victory of the Spanish nationalists in the war, he returned to the USSR , where he was repressed - convicted by a military court and executed in 1939 in Moscow, like Vladimir Chopich. [3]
Literature
- Platoshkin Nikolay Nikolaevich . “The civil war in Spain. 1936-1939. ”, Moscow, 2005.“ OLMA-PRESS ”, ISBN 5-224-04456-1 .
Notes
- ↑ Battle of Haram
- ↑ Transnational Soldiers: Foreign Military Enlistment in the Modern Era (English)
- ↑ Kraljic, John. The Volunteer , Fall 1999 (ed.): " New Material On Vladimir Copic, Commander of the XVth Brigade ." Consultado el 27 de febrero de 2012