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The 67th Division was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that existed during the Spanish Civil War, created on the basis of the mixed brigades. It came to be deployed on the fronts of Teruel, Extremadura and Levante.

History

The unit was created at the end of August 1937, in Ciudad Real, formed with recruits from 1930, 1937 and 1938. The command fell to the infantry commander Fulgencio González Gómez.Шаблон:Refn The new 67th Division, which was formed by the 215th, 216th and 217th mixed brigades, was integrated into the XX Army Corps.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The training and instruction of the new unit lasted until the end of 1937, remaining located in the general reserve.

At the beginning of 1938 it was sent to the Teruel front,Шаблон:Sfn to reinforce the units that were already fighting there. After its arrival, it replaced the seriously broken 68th Division.Шаблон:Sfn During the subsequent Battle of Alfambra, the unit withstood the bulk of the enemy attack, emerging very broken from the fighting.Шаблон:Refn

It was then sent to the Extremadura front, where it replaced the 45th International Division as the reserve force of the Extremadura Army.Шаблон:Sfn In April 1938, two of its brigades, the 216th and 217th, intervened in a small republican offensive in the Talavera de la Reina sector.Шаблон:Sfn Until July 1938, the unit remained in Extremadura, when it was replaced by the 68th Division.Шаблон:Sfn It was sent as reinforcement to the Levante front, where it was added to XXII Army Corps. Upon arrival, however, the fighting had decreased significantly. During the rest of the war he remained on this front, without taking part in relevant military operations. Towards the end of the war the division was attached to the XIII Army Corps.Шаблон:Sfn

Command

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Order of battle

Date Attached Army Corps Integrated Mixed Brigades Battle front
November 1937 XX Army Corps 215th, 216th and 217th General reserve
April 1938 VIII Army Corps 215th, 216th and 217th Estremadura
August 1938 XXII Army Corps 16th, 215th and 217th Levante

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Bibliography

Шаблон:Divisions of the Spanish Republic