Víctor Álvarez González ( Gijón, born 1901) was an Asturian anarcho-syndicalist.
A native of the Asturian city Gijón, he joined the local arm of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT). [1]
After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the Confederal militias, commanding a CNT battalion in Asturias. [2] A supporter of militarization, [3] later joined the structure of the new Spanish Republican Army, coming to command the 3rd Asturian Brigade [4] and the 1st Asturian Division. [5] [6] After the fall of the Northern Front, he returned to the central-southern Republican area, where he commanded the 22nd and 25th divisions, [7] [8] operating on the Andalusia, Levante and Extremadura fronts.
Víctor Álvarez González ( Gijón, born 1901) was an Asturian anarcho-syndicalist.
A native of the Asturian city Gijón, he joined the local arm of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT). [1]
After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the Confederal militias, commanding a CNT battalion in Asturias. [2] A supporter of militarization, [3] later joined the structure of the new Spanish Republican Army, coming to command the 3rd Asturian Brigade [4] and the 1st Asturian Division. [5] [6] After the fall of the Northern Front, he returned to the central-southern Republican area, where he commanded the 22nd and 25th divisions, [7] [8] operating on the Andalusia, Levante and Extremadura fronts.