branch commands death_place death_date birth_name birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
army minister of levante -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , oriental region army group of '' -lrb- grupo de ejércitos de la región oriental -rrb- defense '' -lrb- 1938-1939 -rrb- -lrb- 1936 -rrb- , republican army mexico 1962 juan hernández saravia ledesma , spain spanish republic spanish republic '' ` spanish civil war '' ' 1880 general juan hernández saravia
 juan hernández saravia
juan hernández saravia

juan hernández saravia -lrb- ledesma , spain , 1880 -- mexico , 1962 -rrb- was a high-ranking spanish military officer of the republican government forces during the spanish civil war .
he was born into a bourgeois family , and continued a family tradition by enrolling at the artillery school in 1897 .
he opposed the dictatorship of primo de rivera .
he was the chief of azaña 's military staff and worked as general co-ordinator to the minister of war .
in august 1936 he was appointed minister of war , but was dismised following the fall of talavera in september .
in 1937 he was appointed the commander of the army of levante and he was republican commander at the battle of teruel .
in december 1937 he was promoted to general .
he later commanded the government forces at the battle of the ebro and led the republican army during the catalonia campaign , but was dismissed at the very end of the war for `` defeatism '' .
after the fall of the government , he lived in exile in france and later in mexico , until his death .
