During the war he commanded several military units, reaching an important performance in the Front of the center during the Battles of Guadalajara and Brunete. In the last days of the conflict, he was in command of the General Directorate of Special Defense against Aircraft (DECA) and the Eastern Army Group, which he will lead in its last moments during the Withdrawal from Catalonia. Once he passed to France, he refused to return to the central zone and continued in the Gallic country until he left for South America. He ended up in Uruguay during his final days.