Cipriano Mera
| Cipriano Mera | |
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Cipriano in 1940
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| Birth name | Cipriano Mera Sanz |
| Nickname(s) | El Viejo (The Old Man) |
| Born |
November 4, 1897 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | October 24, 1975 (aged 77) Saint-Cloud, France |
| Allegiance |
 Confederal militias (1936) Spanish Republic (1936-1939) |
| Service/branch |
.PNG){kind=small} Spanish Republican Army
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| Years of service | 1936-1939 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | Commander of Mera Column (1936), Commander of the 14th Division (1937), Commander of the IV Corps of the Army (1937-1939) |
| Battles/wars | |
| Other work | Anarchist activist, Bricklayer |
Cipriano Mera Sanz (November 4, 1897, Madrid – October 24, 1975) was a Spanish military and political figure during the Second Spanish Republic.
He had two sons (Floreal and Sergio) with his partner Teresa Gómez. A bricklayer, he joined the anarchist movement and presided over the construction union of Madrid of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). During the congress celebrated in Zaragoza three months before the beginning of the Spanish Revolution, he was in favor of the most radical, collaborating sectors of the Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI). Mera led a strike of construction workers, electricians, and elevator operators in Madrid in June 1936. As a result, he was imprisoned in early July.
When the Spanish Civil War exploded he was released, and led a column that put down the uprising in Guadalajara, Alcalá de Henares and Cuenca. Next, he defended the dams of Lozoya, which supplied Madrid, and fought in the mountain ranges of Ávila and the valley of the Tiétar river. He was given command of the 14ª Division and it acted in the defense of Madrid, the Battle of Guadalajara (March 1937) and in the battle of Brunete (July 1937). He replaced Juan Perea Capulino in command of the IV Army Corps of the Center. In April 1938 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
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