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381:. In an attempt to secure his position Hedilla organised an extraordinary meeting of the Falange, although trouble was promised as both he and Aznar organised their own militias in the run-up to the meeting. It was Aznar who struck first, using his militia to seize to depose Hedilla on April 16, 1937, and instead placing at the head of the Falange a
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through bribery. The plan failed and Aznar narrowly escaped capture himself, although the scheme was typical of his adventuring reputation. He also campaigned vigorously to prevent the incorporation of the
Falangist militias into a proposed united Nationalist force under
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Despite his personal loss of face Aznar, who was released from prison very soon afterwards, was quickly reconciled to Franco's new movement and was appointed to the post of assessor of militias. A member of the group's 12-man
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to increase ties with the Nazis following his war service. Combining his two roles Aznar instigated a scheme by which
Spanish doctors could work in German hospitals and this programme continued until late 1944.
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path adopted by the Franco regime Aznar, along with the likes of
Ridruejo and other original Falangists such as the García-Noblejas brothers, joined the
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Aznar's political involvement also began in his student days and in 1935 he was the founder and leader of the
Falangist student union, the
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of the national militias in succession to Luis
Aguilar who had been killed. In this role he was close to Hans Joachim von Knobloch, the
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Like most of the pro-Nazis within the Franco government, Aznar was sidelined in 1945 as a new pro-western and
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and would ultimately serve as Chief
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until 1958, having first been appointed to the body in the 1930s. He was appointed to the
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and to make the party more important. The proposals of the Aznar group, delivered to the
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and at times represented a challenge to his leadership.
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