Juan Ibarrola

Juan Ibarrola Orueta (1900, Llodio, Álava - 1976) was a Spanish military commander who fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. He was a captain of the Civil Guard (Guardia Civil); unlike many of his fellow officers he rallied to the Republic when the Nationalist rising began. Featured in the war in Morocco, the coup d'état ​​of July 1936 that led to the Civil War he was captain of the Guardia Civil in Bilbao and took command of a column to expel the rebels from the province of Álava without success.

He was unusual in the Republican Army as he was Catholic, but he was also a Basque and the Basques had generally rallied to the Republic. He was a medical instructor before the war.

He fought in the north of Spain, was promoted to command the 50th Division, and commanded the XI Army Corps at Teruel.