José del Castillo Sáenz de Tejada (29 June 1901 – 12 July 1936) was a Spanish Police Guardia de Asalto (Assault Guard) lieutenant during the Second Spanish Republic. His murder by four Falangist gunmen on 12 July 1936 led to a sequence of events that helped precipitate the Spanish Civil War.
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José Castillo was a lieutenant in the Assault Guards. He was also an active member of the Socialist Party. On 12th July 1936 a Falangist gang shot and killed ...
Castillo was to the Spanish Civil War what the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was to World War One – the spark that ignited a long-festering powder ...
His murder by four Falangist gunmen on July 12, 1936 led to a sequence of events that helped precipitate the Spanish Civil War.
On 12 July 1936, Falangists in Madrid killed police officer Lieutenant José Castillo of the Guardia de Asalto (Assault Guard). Castillo was a Socialist ...
José del Castillo Sáez de Tejada (29 June 1901 – 12 July 1936) was a Spanish Police Guardia de Asalto (Assault Guard) lieutenant during the Second Spanish ...
This murder accelerated the military rebellion against the Republic and the three-year civil war that ensued. After the war the Mayor of Madrid had the word " ...
The rising began with army garrisons disarming loyal Republican Officers, then declaring the region for the Rebels. The rising was usually supported by Jose ...
José Castillo (police officer) (1901–1936), murdered during the Second Spanish Republic; José Castillo (runner) (born 1968), Peruvian long-distance runner; José ...
Missing: Civil War
His murder in July 1936 hastened the start of the military uprising that led to the Civil War. José Calvo Sotelo was the leader of the monarchist opposition ...