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3 unusual facts about Emilio Esteban Infantes


Emilio Esteban Infantes

He was in Madrid on July 17, 1936 when the military insurrection against the Republican government began and had to quickly escape to Burgos where he joined the Nationalist forces under Franco.

Consequently Esteban Infantes was dispatched to Germany where he was inducted into the Wehrmacht with the rank of Generalmajor and with the military oath being administered directly to Hitler at the Berghof.

By 1928 he had achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and in that year, following the end of the Moroccan war, was appointed a Professor at the Zaragoza Military Academy by its new director, General Francisco Franco.



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