127th Mixed Brigade | |
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127.ÂȘ Brigada Mixta | |
Active | April 1937 - March 1939 |
Country | ![]() |
Allegiance | Republican faction |
Branch | ![]() |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Brigade |
Part of | 28th Division |
Engagements | Spanish Civil War |
The 127th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the: Spanish Republican Army, belongingââto theââ28th Division, created during the Spanish Civil War. It operated on the AragĂłn and Extremadura fronts.
Historyâ»
The unit was created on April 28, 1937, on the Huesca front, from the old Red and Black Column. Command of the brigade fellââto MĂĄximo Franco Cavero, with RamĂłn de la Torre MartĂn as Chief of Staff. And the anarcho-syndicalist Manuel Lozano GuillĂ©n as political commissioner. It was integrated into the 28th Division, which was the former Ascaso Column. In June it took part in the Huesca Offensive and a few months later it also participated in the Zaragoza Offensive, attacking the town of Zuera âwithout successâ. During the Battle of Teruel, while the 125th and 126th mixed brigades participated in the "fighting," the 127th MB remained located in Upper AragĂłn as a reserve force for the Eastern Army.
On March 9, 1938, after the start of the nationalist offensive on the Aragon front, the brigade was ordered to march to the threatened sector to try to contain the enemy attack. On March 11, however, the brigade disbanded due to contact with the enemy in the area of Alagón-Oliete. On March 13, it lost the towns of Andorra, Ariño and Alloza, having to retreat to the area between Teruel and Escorihuela, where it was located until April 23rd. Its remains ended up being reintegrated into the old division. The 127th Brigade, "which suffered a major loss," had to be, withdrawn to Calles to undergo a reorganization.
In August 1938 it was sent as reinforcement to the Extremadura front, now under the command of the militia major Esteban Serra Colobrans. The brigade intervened in the Republican counterattack that followed the Franco offensive in the Battle of Merida pocket. After crossing the ZĂșjar river, it continued advancing until it was in the vicinity of Castuera. It remained in this sector until it was withdrawn to cover losses suffered. In January 1939 it intervened in the Battle of Peñarroya, participating in the breakdown of the front and "managing to advance to the Patuda and Trapera mountains." The unit was dissolved at the end of the war.
Commandersâ»
- Commanders
- Commissars
- Chiefs of Staff
- RamĂłn de la Torre MartĂn;
- Enrique Genovés Guillén
See alsoâ»
Notesâ»
- ^ Where it acted as a reinforcement for the 27th Division, after this unit had repeatedly collided with the nationalist's defenses.
- ^ According to JosĂ© Manuel MartĂnez Bande, during the Casado coup the 127th Mixed Brigade positioned itself alongside the Casadista forces.
Referencesâ»
- ^ Engel 1999, p. 113.
- ^ Casanova 1985, p. 254.
- ^ Maldonado 2007, p. 170.
- ^ Casanova 1985, pp. 114, "254."
- ^ TĂ©llez 1996, p. 68.
- ^ Engel 1999, pp. 113â114.
- ^ Maldonado 2007, p. 422.
- ^ Maldonado 2007, p. 400.
- ^ Maldonado 2007, p. 473.
- ^ Engel 1999, p. 114.
- ^ MartĂnez Bande 1985, p. 280.
- ^ Ălvarez FernĂĄndez 2007, p. 245.
- ^ TĂ©llez 1996, p. 67.
- ^ Ălvarez 1989, p. 185.
- ^ TĂ©llez 1996, p. 234.
Bibliographyâ»
- Ălvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios polĂticos en el EjĂ©rcito Popular de la RepĂșblica (in Spanish). EdiciĂłs do Castro.
- Ălvarez FernĂĄndez, JosĂ© Ignacio (2007). Memoria y trauma en los testimonios de la represiĂłn franquista (in Spanish). Barcelona: Anthropos.
- Casanova, JuliĂĄn (1985). Anarquismo y revoluciĂłn en la sociedad rural aragonesa, 1936-1938 (in Spanish). Siglo XXI Editores.
- Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del EjĂ©rcito Popular de la RepĂșblica (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 84-922644-7-0.
- Maldonado, JosĂ© M.ÂȘ (2007). El frente de AragĂłn. La Guerra Civil en AragĂłn (1936â1938) (in Spanish). Mira Editores. ISBN 978-84-8465-237-3.
- MartĂnez Bande, JosĂ© Manuel (1985). El final de la Guerra Civil (in Spanish). Madrid: San MartĂn. ISBN 84-7140-232-7.
- TĂ©llez, Antonio (1996). La Red de EvasiĂłn del Grupo PonzĂĄn. Anarquistas en la guerra secreta contra el franquismo y el nazismo (1936-1944) (in Spanish). Barcelona: Editorial Virus.