Word: moscard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Lieut. General José Moscardó Ituarte, 77, Count of Alcázar de Toledo, Falangist hero of one of the most celebrated battles of the Spanish civil war; of a heart attack while shaving in bed; in Madrid. As commandant of Spain's West Point, the Alcázar of Toledo, Professional Soldier Moscardó withstood the 67-day Loyalist assault on the ancient fortress-castle with some 1,100 soldiers and civilians, was finally relieved by a Franco army after Loyalist troops had hurled more than 6,000 4-in. shells...