Antonio Escobar Huerta

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escobar and the second or maternal family name is Huerta.

Antonio Escobar Huerta (14 November 1879 – 8 February 1940) was a Spanish military officer.

Antonio Escobar Huerta
Birth name	Antonio Escobar Huerta
Born	(1879-11-14)14 November 1879 Ceuta
Died	8 February 1940(1940-02-08) (aged 60) Barcelona
Allegiance	Spanish Republic
Branch	Spanish Civil Guard Spanish Republican Army
Rank	General
Commands	Estremadura Army (1938–1939)
Battles / wars	Spanish Civil War July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona Battle of Valsequillo Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

Biography

Escobar was a Catholic and a conservative.^[1] At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he was a colonel of the Spanish Civil Guard in the city of Barcelona. He remained loyal to the republican government and on 19 July with his 800 men aided decisively to the defeat of the coup in Barcelona.^[2] Later he was promoted to General, and in January 1939, he led the Republican forces in the failed Valsequillo Offensive.^[3] On 16 February 1939, he was one of the officers who said to the Prime Minister Juan Negrín that further military resistance was impossible. In March 1939, he was the commander of the Extremadura Army, supported Casado's coup and crushed the Communist resistance in Ciudad Real.^[4]

On 26 March 1939, he was captured by the Nationalists and executed^[5] on 8 February 1940 in Barcelona.^[6] He was buried in the Montjuïc Cemetery, Barcelona.

See also

• List of people executed by Francoist Spain