1. Alberto Bayo y Giroud was a Cuban military commander of the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War.
11 Facts About Alberto Bayo
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Alberto Bayo was born in Cuba and studied in the United States and Spain.
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Alberto Bayo was expelled from the Aviation after taking part in a duel.
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Alberto Bayo was then forced to join the Spanish Legion in 1924, and participated in the Rif War, in which he stayed for two years as a company commander.
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Alberto Bayo returned to the air force during the Second Spanish Republic and was stationed in administrative posts, but he was not promoted.
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Alberto Bayo was appointed as the 2nd Chief of Staff of the V Army Corps for the Battle of Brunete, Modesto, but the commander of the unit opposed this and Bayo was relieved.
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Alberto Bayo was successively promoted to Commander and Lieutenant Colonel.
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Alberto Bayo was going to be in charge of preparing a guerrilla column in the Sierra de Madrid, but finally the project was not carried out and Bayo spent most of the contest as a military attache in the Ministry of War.
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Alberto Bayo had contact in Mexico with prominent Latin American revolutionaries, and was an associate and mentor of some, including Ernesto Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
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Alberto Bayo joined the guerrillas as an advisor and participated in the Cuban Revolution.
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Alberto Bayo died a General of the Cuban Armed Forces.