Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mehondo dzeMorocco Aranda akawana chinyorwa chakatanhamara seinjiniya uye geographer. Akatora rutivi mukudzvinyirira kupandukira kweAsturian kwa1934
uye akakwira kusvika pachinzvimbo chaColonel. Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika yeSpain, muna 1936, aive achitungamira nhare yeOviedo, iyo yakabatana ne coup d'état kurwisa Republic uye nekukurumidza yakatora kutonga kweguta reRebel faction. Aranda ipapo akabudirira kudzivirira Oviedo kubva ku"mapoka evapambi". Nokuda kwokuedza kwake akapiwa mubayiro weCross of San Fernando uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Aranda akapinda mune dzimwe hondo dzinoverengeka munguva yehondo kusanganisira Hondo yeTeruel uye Hondo yeEbro. Akashanda somukuru mukuru wehondo yenharaunda yeValencia.