147th Mixed Brigade

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147th Mixed Brigade
147.ª Brigada Mixta
ActiveMay 1937 – March 1939
CountryFile:Flag of Spain 1931 1939.svg Spanish Republic
AllegianceRepublican faction
BranchFile:Red star.svg Spanish Republican Army
SizeBrigade
EngagementsSpanish Civil War

The 147th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that participated in the Spanish Civil War, deployed on the Andalusia front.

History

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The unit was created on May 1, 1937, from troops from the old Maroto Column and recruits from the reserves. The first commander of the 147th MB was Francisco Maroto del Ojo, former commander of the Maroto column. Subsequently, the unit was assigned to the 23rd Division.[1] For most of the war, the brigade did not intervene in relevant military operations. On March 20, 1938, it intervened in a small attack that sought to regain lost positions near Higuera de Calatrava,[1] although the attempt failed. A few months later, on November 19, one of its battalions stormed a nationalist position. The 147th MB disappeared with the end of the war, in March 1939.

Command

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Commanders
Commissars
  • Antonio Vázquez Vázquez[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Engel 2005, p. 183.
  2. ^ Sody de Rivas 2009, p. 206.
  3. ^ Ramírez Navarro 2018, p. 321.
  4. ^ Alpert 1989, p. 350.
  5. ^ Álvarez 1989, p. 184.

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