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COMMANDER // 1896–1937

Pavol Lukács

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18961937

1900191019201930Spanish Civil War · 1936-1939Siege of Madrid — November 8, 1936 · Spanish Republic · Spanish Civil War

Active service 19361 battle across 1 war; first command at age 40.

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Béla Frankl, known by the name Máté Zalka, was a Hungarian writer, soldier, and revolutionary. He fought in the Royal Hungarian Army during the First World War and was captured by the Imperial Russian Army. Subsequently, while a Russian prisoner of war, he came under the influence of Bolshevism and fought during the Russian Civil War. After participating in various other conflicts for the Soviet Union, Zalka moved to Spain and fought in the Spanish Civil War as a general for the International Brigades. He was killed on June 22, 1937, near Huesca when his car was hit by artillery fire. His remains were brought back to Hungary, where he was buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest.

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