Juan Ibarrola
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Juan Ibarrola Orueta was a Spanish Military commander who fought with the Republic during the war. He was a captain of the Civil Guard who rallied to the Republic when the Nationalist rising started unlike most other officers of the Civil Guard.
He was unusual in the Republican Army as he was Catholic, but he was also a Basque and the Basques had generally rallied to the Republic. He was a medical instructor before the war.
He fought in the north of Spain, was promoted to command the 50th Division, and commanded the XI Army Corps at Teruel.[1]
