Manuel Goded Llopis
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| Born |
15 October 1882 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Died | 12 August 1936 (aged 53) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Spain (1900–1931) Spanish Republic (1931–1936) Nationalist Spain (1936)
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| Service/branch | Spanish Army |
| Years of service | 1900–1936 |
| Rank | General of the Army |
| Commands held | Chief of Staff of the Spanish Army of Africa Chief of Staff of the Central Army |
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General of the Army Manuel Goded Llopis (15 October 1882 – 12 August 1936) was a Spanish Army general who was one of the key figures in the July 1936 revolt against the democratically elected Second Spanish Republic. Having unsuccessfully led an attempted insurrection in Barcelona, he was captured and executed by the Republican government. Previously, Goded had distinguished himself in the Battle of Alhucemas of the Rif War.
Manuel Goded was born in the city of San Juan, the capital of the Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, a Spanish colony. There he received his primary and secondary education. His family moved to Spain when Puerto Rico became a possession of the United States as an outcome of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 which concluded the Spanish–American War. In Spain he enrolled and was accepted in the Academy of Infantry, a military institution.
Goded graduated from the academy and was assigned to various posts. In 1907, when 25 years old, he held the rank of Captain. In 1919, a rebellion against Spanish colonial rule took place in Spanish Morocco, a Spanish protectorate. The rebel leader in what is also known as the Rif War, was Abd-el-Krim. The Riffians, as the rebels became known, annihilated the army of Spanish General Manuel Fernández Silvestre at the Battle of Annual in 1921 and were posed to attack the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Generals Jose Millan Astray and Francisco Franco, founders of the Spanish Foreign Legion, fought against the Riifians on land and in 1925, Goded lead an amphibious landing at Alhucemas Bay (now known as Al Hoceima Bay) in what is known as the Battle of Alhucemas. This was considered as the beginning of the end of the Rif Rebellion. By 1927, the rebellion had come to an end and Spain recaptured her lost territory. Goded was promoted to Brigadier General and shortly after was named Chief of Staff of the Spanish Army of Africa.
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