Pedro Mateo Merino

Pedro Mateo Merino (1912–2000) was a Spanish Republican Army colonel in the Spanish Civil War.

He fought at the Battle of the Ebro where as a Militia Major he led the 35th Division, replacing General Karol Świerczewski (General Walter).

He later spent time in exile in the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Cuba.

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