Английская Википедия:71st Division (Spain)

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The 71st Division was one of the divisions of the People's Army of the Republic that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. It came to operate on the Andalusian and Extremadura fronts.

History

The unit was created in September 1937,Шаблон:Sfn on the Andalusian coastline. Its headquarters were in Albuñol.Шаблон:Sfn Some time after its creation the division was integrated into the XXIII Army Corps.Шаблон:Sfn Later it became a reserve of the Andalusian Army.Шаблон:Sfn In May 1938 members of the division led the liberation of more than three hundred republican prisoners from Carchuna, in the nationalist rear.Шаблон:Sfn In mid-August 1938 the Republican command sent it as reinforcement to the Extremadura front, to the sector defended by the 29th Division.Шаблон:Sfn

Command

Commanders
Commissars
Chiefs of Staff
  • Frumencio Sanmartín López;

Organization

Date Attached Army Corps Integrated Mixed Brigades Battle front
December 1937 XXIII Army Corps 55th, 221st Andalusia
April 30, 1938 XXIII Army Corps 54th, 55th, 221st Andalusia
August 16, 1938 VI Army Corps 73rd, 198th, 199th Estremadura

References

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Bibliography

Шаблон:Divisions of the Spanish Republic