Foreign volunteers and International Brigades in the Spanish civil war (1936-39)The International Brigades (Spanish: Brigadas Internacionales) were military units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to fight for the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939.The number of combatant volunteers has been estimated at between 32,000–35,000, though with no more than about 20,000 active at any one time. A further 10,000 people probably participated in non-combatant roles and about 3,000–5,000 foreigners were members of CNT or POUM.[1] They came from a claimed "53 nations" to fight against the Spanish Falangist forces led by General Francisco Franco who was assisted by German and Italian forces. |
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Foreign Volunteers and International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Bruno Mugnai No preview available - 2019 |
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23 settembre Albacete Anarchist André Marty Antifascist Aragón arrived in Spain artillery Ascaso Column assault attack August Barcelona Battery Battle of Brunete Beimler Belchite Brigadas Internacionales British Catalan Catalonia cavalry Centuria clashes CNT-FAI combat Comintern command Commune de Paris Communist Party Corpo Truppe Volontarie Dabrowski December defend deployed Division Durruti Column Ebro Edgar André Edgar André Battalion Ejército Popular enemy February fight foreign volunteers formations formed fought France Francisco Ascaso French Front of Aragón fusileros Garibaldi Battalion German Giustizia e Libertŕ Group Huesca international volunteers Italian volunteers January July machine guns maggio March military militia militiamen November October offensive officers participated platoon Polish political commissar POUM rearguard Rebels Republican Army riflemen sector sent September settembre 1938 Socialist soldiers Soviet Spagna Spain Spanish Civil Spanish Civil War Staff Stomatov Thaelmann Battalion weapons XI Brigade XI International Brigade XV International Brigade