General Esteban Infantes.

Emilio Esteban Infantes y Martín (1892 - 1966) was a Spanish soldier and staff officer who served during the Civil War, and later in the Second World War as commander of the Wehrmacht's Blue Division of Spanish fascist volunteers. 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... A General Staff is a group of professional military officers who act in a staff or administrative role under the command of a general officer. ... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain - Visigoths - Al-Andalus - Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History The Spanish Civil... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Wehrmacht â–¶(?) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... The Blue Division (Spanish División Azul), also known as , was a unit of Spanish volunteers that served on the German side of the Second World War, mainly on the Eastern Front. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ...

Succeeding Major General Muñoz Grandes, Esteban Infantes assumed command of the division in early 1943 and led it through its hour of crisis and glory, the Battle of Krasny Bor in February of that year. He received the Iron Cross. Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Major General Muñoz Grandes. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz) is a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia, and later of Germany, which was established by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and first awarded on 10 March 1813. ...