180th Mixed Brigade
180th Mixed Brigade | |
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180.ª Brigada Mixta | |
Active | April 1938–March 1939 |
Country | Spain |
Allegiance | Republican faction |
Branch | Spanish Republican Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Brigade |
Engagements | Spanish Civil War: |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Francisco Fervenza Fernández |
The 180th Mixed Brigade was a brigade of the People's Army of the Republic that fought in the Spanish Civil War.
History[]
The unit was created on April 30, 1938, on the Andalusia front, being assigned to the 54th Division of the .[1][2] Command fell to Francisco Fervenza Fernández, a veteran of the War in the North.[3]
On June 12 the brigade was sent along with the rest of the division to the Castellón front, aimed at . On July 21 the 180th Mixed Brigade saw combat, resulting in a bitter struggle with the nationalist forces advancing towards Valencia. The 720th battalion distinguished itself especially during these operations.[4] After the beginning of the Battle of the Ebro the fighting subsided. In August 1938, command of the brigade was assumed by Manuel Chaves.[3]
It did not intervene in any significant capacity for the remainder of the conflict.
Command[]
- Commanders
- Francisco Fervenza Fernández;
- Manuel Chaves;
References[]
- ^ Engel 1999.
- ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 167.
Bibliography[]
- Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 84-922644-7-0.
- Navarro, Ramón Juan (2010). Resistir es vencer. El frente de Viver en la Guerra Civil española (in Spanish). Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-4466-9664-4.
- Martínez Bande, José Manuel (1981). La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial San Martín.
- Military units and formations established in 1938
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1939
- Mixed Brigades (Spain)
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