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Iberia Column

Iberia Column
Columna Iberia
Active1936–1937
Disbanded1937
Country Spanish Republic
Allegiance FAI
Branch Confederal militias
TypeMilitia
RoleHome defense

The Iberia Column was a militia column that operated at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

History

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The column was created in September 1936, made up of members of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) of the Levante. It was organized in centuries that acted under the direction of a war committee, which included anarchists such as Vicente Sanchís, Modesto Mameli and José Padilla.[1] It even came to have its own supply and health services, as well as a field hospital with 72 beds for the wounded.[1]

The column marched to the Teruel Front, where it remained for most of its existence. Subsequently, it fell under the command of Jesús Velasco Echave, commander of the Torres-Benedito Column.[2] It did not intervene in the republican offensive on Teruel in December 1936. In the spring of 1937 the column was militarized without opposition from its members,[1] it was integrated into the 81st Mixed Brigade,[3] although some of its troops formed the 94th Mixed Brigade.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Mainar 1998, p. 46.
  2. ^ Gabriel 2011, p. 334.
  3. ^ Casanova 2008, p. 85.

Bibliography

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  • Casanova, Esther (2008). Political violence in the republican rearguard of Teruel during the civil war. Institute of Turolenses Studies.
  • Gabriel, Pere (2011). History of UGT IV. A trade union at war (1936-1939). 21st century Spain Editors.
  • Mainar, Eladi (1998). From militiamen to soldiers. The Valencian columns in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). University of Valencia. ISBN 84-370-3349-7.


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