Manuel Mora Torres

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Manuel Mora Torres
Born1913
Carmona, Andalusia, Spain
Died2005 (aged 9192)
AllegianceBandera CNT-FAI.svg CNT
ServiceBandera CNT-FAI.svg Confederal militias (1936-1937),
Red star.svg Spanish Republican Army (1937-1939)
Years of service1936-1939
Unit Red star.svg 16th Division
Battles/wars Spanish Civil War:

Manuel Mora Torres (1913-2005) was an Andalusian anarchist, trade unionist and militant.

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Biography

Born in Carmona in 1913, he was a member of the CNT. He participated in the Confederal Congress of Zaragoza, in 1936.

After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the confederal militias and, later, the Spanish Republican Army. In July 1938, in the face of the Ebro Offensive, Mora was appointed commander of the 16th Division of the XII Army Corps. [1] [2] On July 27 the division crossed the Ebro, [3] participating in the fighting against Villalba de los Arcos.

On August 22, a nationalist attack against the 16th Division positions caused their disbandment, [4] including its commander. [n. 1] Manuel Mora was unaccounted for several hours, until he reported to the command post of the 124th Mixed Brigade and communicated (falsely) to Juan Modesto that the nationalist advance had already reached the Ebro river. [5] Mora was instantly dismissed and replaced by Sebastián Zamora Medina. [6]

After the end of the conflict, he went into exile, passing through France and Venezuela - where he arrived in 1946. [7]

Notes

  1. Paradoxically, the day before Mora had signed an order that read: "Whoever abandons his post, will suffer and be applied the just punishment to which they are creditors, in whose application this Command will be inflexible". [5]

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