How to Pronounce Antonio Castejón Espinosa
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Jun 01, 1896 Manila, Luzon, Philippines Died on 02 Jul 1979 (aged 83)
Spanish general
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About Antonio Castejón Espinosa
- Antonio Castejón Espinosa (1896, Badajoz – 1969) was a Spanish army officer from the Army of Africa who fought for the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
- At the start of the Civil War Major Castejón's unit of the Spanish Legion joined the rebels and took control of Tetuán in Spanish Morocco.
- In August 1936 he commanded one of the four Nationalist columns that took Badajoz by storm.
- He was present at the subsequent relief of Toledo and was wounded in the fighting around Madrid.
- Castejón was given command of a division of the Army of Andalusia during the Battle of the Ebro.
- He was promoted to General at war's end.
