Juan Modesto
Juan Modesto | |
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| Birth name | Juan Guilloto León |
| Nickname(s) | Modesto |
| Born | 24 September 1906 El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Kingdom of Spain |
| Died | 16 April 1969 (aged 62) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Allegiance | Spanish Republic (1936–1939) Soviet Union (1939–1945) |
| Branch | Spanish Army Spanish Republican Army Red Army |
| Years of service | 1936–1945 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands | Fifth Regiment (1936), Army of the North (1937), 5th Army Corps (1937–1938), Army of the Ebro (1938), Army of the Centre (March 1939) |
| Battles / wars | Spanish Civil War
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Juan Guilloto León, usually referred to as Modesto or Juan Modesto (24 September 1906 – 16 April 1969), was a Republican army officer during the Spanish Civil War.