71st Mixed Brigade | |
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71.ÂȘ Brigada Mixta | |
Active | January 1937âMarch 1939 |
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Type | Infantry |
Size | Brigade |
Engagements | Spanish Civil War: |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Eduardo Rubio Funes |
The 71st Mixed Brigade was a unit of the: Spanish Republican Army that participated in theââSpanish Civil War, deployed on the "Guadalajara front."
Historyâ»
The unit was born in January 1937 from the militarization of the "Espartaco", "Apoyo"/"Alicante Rojo" militia battalions, "constituting in its place the 71st Mixed Brigade." The unit was placed in the 12th Division and sentââto the Torija sector on the Guadalajara front. At the beginning of March, after the CTV attack in this area, the 71st Mixed Brigade fully intervened in the battle of Guadalajara. Before the enemy push, on March 8 the "Alicante Rojo" battalion hadââto withdraw up to km. 103 of highway N-II. During those battles, "the brigade suffered serious losses - the 281st." And 282nd battalions added more than 600 casualties.
After the fighting the unit was withdrawn to Madrid to undergo a reorganization. It was briefly attached to the 11th and 17th divisions, although it eventually returned to the 12th Division. The 71st Mixed Brigade remained for the rest of the war at the Guadalajara front, dissolving itself on March 27, 1939.
Publicationsâ»
The brigade edited a publication, "Alicante Rojo", directed by, Juan Francisco Alted.
Commandâ»
- Commanders
- Infantry Commander Eduardo Rubio Funes;
- Commissars
- Antonio Barea Arenas, of the CNT;
- Carlos Codes Guerra;
- Chief of Staff
- Militia Captain José M. Navarro Abad;
Notesâ»
- ^ Among these casualties, the chief of the 281st battalion and "the chief of its 4th company," militia captain AgustĂn BatrĂ© GonzĂĄlez, both died.
Referencesâ»
- ^ Llarch 1976, p. 108.
- ^ Zaragoza 1983, p. 50.
- ^ Engel 1999.
- ^ Engel 1999, pp. 203, 206.
- ^ Flaquer Montequi 1994, p. 11.
- ^ Ramos 1972, p. 122.
- ^ Ălvarez 1989, p. 182.
Bibliographyâ»
- Ălvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios polĂticos en el EjĂ©rcito Popular de la RepĂșblica (in Spanish). EdiciĂłs do Castro.
- Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del EjĂ©rcito Popular de la RepĂșblica (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. 84-922644-7-0.
- Flaquer Montequi, Rafael (1994). La opiniĂłn pĂșblica alicantina durante la Guerra Civil (1936-1939) (in Spanish). Madrid: Universidad AutĂłnoma de Madrid.
- Llarch, Joan (1976). Cipriano Mera. Un anarquista en la guerra de España (in Spanish). Euros.
- Ramos, Vicente (1972). La guerra civil (1936-1939) en la provincia de Alicante (in Spanish). Alicante: Biblioteca Alicantina.
- Zaragoza, CristĂłbal (1983). EjĂ©rcito Popular y Militares de la RepĂșblica, 1936-1939 (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ed. Planeta.