Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na Maroko Aranda ya sami kyakkyawan rikodin a matsayin injiniya da masanin ilimin ƙasa. Ya shiga cikin murkushe tawayen Asturian na 1934
kuma ya kai matsayin Colonel. A farkon yakin basasar Spain, a cikin 1936, ya kasance a cikin umurnin garkuwar Oviedo, wanda ya shiga juyin mulkin da aka yi wa Jamhuriyar kuma da sauri ya karɓi ikon birnin don ƙungiyar 'yan tawaye. Aranda sannan ya sami nasarar kare Oviedo daga "yan bindigar ma'adinai". Saboda kokarinsa an ba shi kyautar Gicciye na San Fernando kuma an daukaka shi zuwa matsayin Janar. Aranda ya shiga cikin ƙarin alkawura da yawa yayin yaƙin ciki har da Yaƙin Teruel da Yaƙin Ebro. Ya yi aiki a matsayin kyaftin janar na yankin soja na Valencia.