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Word: segismundo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Colonel Segismundo Casado, 75, Spanish Loyalist officer who in the closing days of the Civil War seized Madrid and surrendered the city to Franco in hopes of ending the bloodshed; of a heart attack; in Madrid. One of the few professional officers to march under the Loyalist banner, Casado was nevertheless distrustful of the Communists in Loyalist forces; in 1939, when the Reds vowed to defend Madrid to the death, he turned on his former allies and imprisoned their leaders, thus effectively ending the battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 27, 1968 | 12/27/1968 | See Source »

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