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on 16 August 1942, when
Falangists attacked a Carlist crowd with grenades, causing many injuries and possibly several deaths. Varela, who was inside the church at the time, took the initiative against the Falangists and portrayed the
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as an attack on the army and a possible assassination attempt in telegrams to officials throughout the country, displeasing Franco. In the following cabinet reshuffle in
September, Varela was replaced as army minister by General
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within the government rose during 1942, Varela suggested to Franco that
Carlists were underrepresented and proposed several schemes for a reorganization of the cabinet. Violence between the factions broke out at the
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During the early 1930s, he was assigned as a member of a military mission that spent time in
Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and France to broaden their military knowledge. With the coming of the
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In jail in Cadiz when the rising started, he was released on 18 July and helped secure Cadiz for the insurrection. He participated in many of the campaigns of the War including, Seville,
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title as
Marquis of San Fernando de Varela. After his death he was also granted the title of Captain General of the Army, passed from the also deceased former dictator
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for three years starting in 1909. Varela initially enlisted as a recruit in the same regiment his father served as sergeant. He rose from private to the rank of
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and in the military plot which eventually triggered the
Spanish Civil War. In April 1936, the government found out about his plotting and imprisoned him.
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faction there. During his ministry the
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and hastened its end. Shortly thereafter he was promoted to
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by merit and participated in several campaigns in the
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248:Varela started his military career as an
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441:fighting the Soviet Union.
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771:Minister of the Army
912:Marquesses of Spain
759:Government offices
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80:San Fernando, Cádiz
62:José Enrique Varela
44:José Enrique Varela
451:Basilica of Begoña
427:national socialist
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234:Nationalist
149:(1936–1951)
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123:(1904–1931)
851:Categories
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533:Archived
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408:Franco's
386:and the
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332:Requetés
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312:Republic
258:sergeant
154:Service/
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186:General
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