Emilio Mola
Sign in to saveAlso known as Emilio Mola y Vidal, 1st Duke of Mola, Grandee of Spain, Emilio Mola y Vidal, Emilio Mola Vidal
Spanish military commander (1887-1937)
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Key facts
- Nicknames
- El Director , (The Director)
- Born
- ( 1887-07-09 ) 9 July 1887, Placetas , Cuba , Kingdom of Spain
- Died
- 3 June 1937 (1937-06-03) (aged 49), Alcocero , Burgos , Nationalist Spain
- Buried
- Pamplona Cemetery (1937–1961), Monument to the Fallen (1961–2016), Cremated (2016) 42°29′00″N 1°22′50″W / 42.48328°N 1.38050°W / 42.48328; -1.38050
- Allegiance
- Kingdom of Spain (1904–1931) , Spanish Republic (1931–1936) , Nationalist Spain (1936–1937)
- Branch
- Spanish Army
- Service years
- 1904–1932, 1933–1937
- Rank
- Brigadier General
- Commands
- Military Governor of Navarre, Commander of the Army of the North
- Conflicts
- Rif War , Spanish Civil War
- Awards
- Military Medal Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Emilio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Placetas
- Place of death
- Alcocero de Mola
- Occupation
- military officer
- Educated at
- Toledo Infantry Academy
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Noble title
- duke
- Conflict
- Second Melillan campaign
- Image
- Emilio Mola.jpg
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- Commons category
- Emilio Mola
- date of birth
- 1887-07-09
- date of death
- 1937-06-03
- second family name in Spanish name
- Vidal
- manner of death
- accidental death
- start of work period
- 1904-00-00
- allegiance
- Spain under the Restoration
- name in native language
- Emilio Mola Vidal
- end of work period
- 1937-00-00
- cause of death
- aviation accident
- pseudonym
- W. Hooper Koeltz
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Encyclopedic overview
Emilio Mola y Vidal (9 July 1887 – 3 June 1937) was a Spanish military officer who was one of the three leaders of the revolt coup of July 1936 that started the Spanish Civil War.
After the death of José Sanjurjo on 20 July 1936, Mola commanded the Nationalists in the north of Spain, while Franco operated in the south. Attempting to take Madrid with his four columns, Mola praised local Nationalist sympathizers within the city as a "fifth column", possibly the first use of that phrase. He died in a plane crash in bad weather, leaving Franco as the pre-eminent Nationalist leader for the rest of the war. It was suspected that his death was a result of sabotage, although this has never been proven.
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