He planned and ordered an attack in the hills above the Jarama River which led to what was described by Ernest Hemingway as the decimation of the Twelfth International Brigade. After his return to the Soviet Union he was arrested during the Great Purge and presumably shot sometime in 1939, in Moscow.
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jános, gálicz, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2010, learn, when, remove, t. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Janos Galicz news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Janos Galicz 1890 1939 better known as General Gal was a Hungarian and Soviet brigade and division commander during the Spanish Civil War Janos GaliczNickname s General GalBorn1890Totkomlos Austria HungaryDied1939 1939 00 00 aged 48 49 Moscow Russian SFSR Soviet UnionAllegiance Soviet Union Spanish RepublicService wbr branchRed Army International BrigadesRankColonelCommands heldAbraham Lincoln BattalionBattles warsFirst World War Russian Civil War Spanish Civil WarBiography editBorn in 1890 in the town of Totkomlos in Austria Hungary now Bekes county in Hungary As part of the Austro Hungarian army he participated in the First World War During his service on Eastern Front he fell into Russian captivity After the October Revolution he joined the Red Army and took part in the Russian Civil War He trained at the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow and was promoted to the rank colonel In 1936 he was sent to Spain and fought in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War under the assumed name of Jose Ivanovich Gal He planned and ordered an attack in the hills above the Jarama River which led to what was described by Ernest Hemingway as the decimation of the Twelfth International Brigade After his return to the Soviet Union he was arrested during the Great Purge and presumably shot sometime in 1939 in Moscow nbsp This article about the Spanish Civil War is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the military of Hungary is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Janos Galicz amp oldid 1217000814, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
