Eduardo Sáenz de Buruaga y Polanco (1893 Camagüey

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, Cuba

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 – February 17, 1964, Madrid

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) was a Spanish

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 military officer from the Army of Africa

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. During the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

, Colonel

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 Sáenz de Buruaga backed General Franco

Francisco Franco

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 and led elements of the Nationalist Army in the key battles of the Corunna Road

Battle of the Corunna Road

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, the Jarama

Battle of Jarama

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, and Teruel

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In 1910 Sáenz de Buruaga enrolled at the Toledo Infantry Academy

Alcázar of Toledo

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 (Academia de Infantería de Toledo) and studied under Colonel José Villalba Riquelme. Rising in support of Franco's pronunciamiento

Pronunciamiento

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of July 17-18, 1936, Sáenz de Buruaga's and Colonel Asensio

Carlos Asensio Cabanillas

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's troops seized Tetuán in Spanish Morocco

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 for the military rebels and imprisoned the Spanish High Commissioner. Franco promoted him to full general during the Battle of the Ebro

Battle of the Ebro

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. After the war Sáenz de Buruaga served terms as Captain General

Captain General

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 of Seville

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, the Balearic Islands

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; and Governor

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 of Madrid and the comarca of the Campo de Gibraltar

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