an airplane. Then he went to the Soviet Union, whose government recognized his military rank. During World War II, he served with the Red Army and the Bulgarian Communist forces. Defeated in the struggle with José Díaz for control of the PCE, he went to Prague. Modesto wrote a book about his experience during the war in the 5th Regiment, titled Soy del Quinto Regimento (English:I am of the Fifth Regiment), published in Paris in 1969. He died in Prague in 1969. See also Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias (MAOC) Eastern Region Army Group (GERO) Published works References Bibliography Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish civil war, 1936-1939. Penguin Books. 2006. London. . Jackson, Gabriel. The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. 1967. Princeton. Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge. Harper Perennial. 2006. London. Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. 1906 births 1969 deaths People from El Puerto de Santa María Communist Party of Spain politicians Spanish generals Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Spanish people of World War II Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in the Soviet Union Soviet military personnel of World War II Immigrants to Czechoslovakia People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union