Joaquin Delgadillo

Joaquin Delgadillo was a soldier with the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Civil War, and by extension, the second European conflict that began in 1938. Delgadillo was a devout follower of Marshal José Sanjurjo and the Nationalist cause.

In 1938, Delgadillo participated on the German-Italian-Nationalist attack on the British holdings at Gibraltar. Although that attack was difficult, the Nationalists succeeded in wresting Gibraltar from the British.

Early in 1939, Delgadillo and his unit was transferred to Madrid, as Sanjurjo sought to take the Spanish capital once and for all.