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¿Qué incapacidad logra el primer ertzaina trans y cuánto cobrará? #Ertzaintza #PaisVasco #IncapacidadPermanente #SeguridadSocial #Euskadi #Policia #Actualidad #Trans #DerechosLaborales #Ansiedad #Indemnizacion #felizviernes #4deseptiembre
https://donporque.com/incapacidad-permanente-del-primer-ertzaina-trans/
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¿Qué incapacidad logra el primer ertzaina trans y cuánto cobrará? #Ertzaintza #PaisVasco #IncapacidadPermanente #SeguridadSocial #Euskadi #Policia #Actualidad #Trans #DerechosLaborales #Ansiedad #Indemnizacion #felizviernes #4deseptiembre
https://donporque.com/incapacidad-permanente-del-primer-ertzaina-trans/
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¿Qué incapacidad logra el primer ertzaina trans y cuánto cobrará? #Ertzaintza #PaisVasco #IncapacidadPermanente #SeguridadSocial #Euskadi #Policia #Actualidad #Trans #DerechosLaborales #Ansiedad #Indemnizacion #felizviernes #4deseptiembre
https://donporque.com/incapacidad-permanente-del-primer-ertzaina-trans/
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¿Qué incapacidad logra el primer ertzaina trans y cuánto cobrará? #Ertzaintza #PaisVasco #IncapacidadPermanente #SeguridadSocial #Euskadi #Policia #Actualidad #Trans #DerechosLaborales #Ansiedad #Indemnizacion #felizviernes #4deseptiembre
https://donporque.com/incapacidad-permanente-del-primer-ertzaina-trans/
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¿Qué incapacidad logra el primer ertzaina trans y cuánto cobrará? #Ertzaintza #PaisVasco #IncapacidadPermanente #SeguridadSocial #Euskadi #Policia #Actualidad #Trans #DerechosLaborales #Ansiedad #Indemnizacion #felizviernes #4deseptiembre
https://donporque.com/incapacidad-permanente-del-primer-ertzaina-trans/
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The Betrayal of Goicoechea: How One Engineer Helped Change the Fate of Bilbao
A preserved bunker from Bilbao’s Iron Belt, whose defensive plans became central to one of the Spanish Civil War’s most controversial defections. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA).Dear Cherubs,
Sometimes history doesn’t turn on massive battles or dramatic speeches. Sometimes it hinges on one person quietly walking into the wrong camp with a folder full of secrets. Low-key, that’s exactly why the story of Alejandro Goicoechea still sparks debate nearly ninety years later.
During the Spanish Civil War, Goicoechea was one of the engineers involved in developing Bilbao’s famous Iron Belt, an extensive defensive network designed to protect the city from Franco’s advancing forces. Then, in February 1937, he crossed the front line and joined the Nationalist side, reportedly taking valuable information about the defensive system with him. According to the Royal Academy of History and several historical studies, this remains one of the conflict’s most controversial defections.
THE IRON BELT
The Iron Belt was never intended to be a magical shield. It consisted of bunkers, trenches, machine-gun positions and concrete fortifications surrounding Bilbao. Even before Goicoechea defected, construction delays, shortages of materials and incomplete sections had already weakened the project.
Still, his departure mattered. Historians generally agree that the plans he carried revealed vulnerable sections of the defenses, allowing Nationalist commanders to better prepare their assault. According to historical research, Franco’s forces broke through the Iron Belt in June 1937, and Bilbao fell only days later.
Was Goicoechea solely responsible? Not really. Wars are rarely that simple. Superior artillery, air power—especially support from the German Condor Legion—and the overall military situation all played decisive roles. Blaming a single man for an entire campaign is tempting because it makes history easier to digest. Reality, unfortunately, didn’t get that memo.
A LEGACY DIVIDED
For many Basques and supporters of the Republican cause, Goicoechea became the textbook definition of betrayal. His name remains closely associated with the collapse of Bilbao’s defenses, and countless historical accounts describe his actions as a turning point.
Yet his story didn’t end there. After the war, Goicoechea became one of the engineers behind the development of the TALGO train, an innovation that transformed railway travel in Spain and later gained international recognition. It’s giving “history’s most awkward résumé”: remembered by some as a brilliant engineer, by others as the man who sold out his own project.
This contrast makes his legacy unusually complicated. Can remarkable technical achievements outweigh actions viewed as a betrayal during wartime? History doesn’t offer easy answers, and that’s precisely why Goicoechea continues to fascinate scholars.
As noted by thisclaimer.com, controversial historical figures often become symbols rather than simply people, with later generations projecting broader political and cultural debates onto their actions. Goicoechea is a classic example. Depending on who tells the story, he appears either as a pragmatic military defector or one of the most infamous traitors of the Spanish Civil War.
One thing is beyond dispute: his decision remains one of the best-known acts of defection in modern Spanish history, proving that sometimes a blueprint can carry as much weight as a battlefield.
Sources
Royal Academy of History / Wikipedia (background) — https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Goicoechea
Historias Vascas (Deia): El cambio de bando de Alejandro Goicoechea — https://blogs.deia.eus/historiasvascas/2017/02/22/el-cambio-de-bando-de-alejandro-goicoechea/
Thisclaimer — https://thisclaimer.com
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #alejandroGoicoechea #basqueCountry #Betrayal #Bilbao #books #Euskadi #freedom #history #ironBelt #militaryHistory #politics #Spain #spanishCivilWar #talgo #travel -
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#FACUAEuskadi advierte de la instalación de una futura #piscifactoría en una zona con #metales en el #agua por encima de los límitesLa asociación insta a que se realice un tratamiento de las aguas para minimizar los posibles efectos adversos de estos compuestos #saludpública
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https://www.elcorreogallego.es/concellos/2024/08/29/via-verde-tambre-entra-top-107464279.html
Aunque el mapa estatal de vías verdes –itinerarios para transitar a pie o en bici sobre tramos ferroviarios en desuso– supera los 3.400 kilómetros, la gerencia de estos trazados en la Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles ha incluido a la de la comarca, #Compostela-Tambre-Lengüelle, entre las cinco propuestas para recorrer este verano, junto a las de Montes de Hierro (#Euskadi), Senda del Oso (#Asturias), Tajuña (#Madrid) y Baeza Utiel (#Albacete). Asimismo, divulga estos días un video promocional de las cuatro sendas de este tipo que existen en #Galicia, a la espera de acabar los 10 kilómetros del tramo compostelano, cuya ejecución está licitada y con un comienzo de obras inminente.
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#ferrocarril #víaverde #lecer #ciclismo #camiñar #saúde #natureza
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People with Basque heritage :
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https://beta.birdsite.live/users/todoporhacer1/statuses/1374077219002318855
Tal día como hoy en 1984 la policía española asesinaba en la bahía de un pequeño pueblo guipuzcoano a cuatro militantes de los Comandos Autónomos Anticapitalistas.
https://www.todoporhacer.org/pasaia-emboscada-euskadi/
#leyendo #Pasaia #Memoria #Euskadi #ComandosAutónomosAnticapitalistas #historia #memoriahistórica #ñ #todoporhacer #undíacomohoy #España