71st Division (Spain)

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71st Division
71.ª División
ActiveSeptember 1937–March 1939
CountryFlag of Spain 1931 1939.svg  Spain
Allegiance Flag of Spain 1931 1939.svg Republican faction
Branch Red star.svg Spanish Republican Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Garrison/HQ Albuñol
Engagements Spanish Civil War

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.

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History

The unit was created in September 1937, [1] on the Andalusian coastline. Its headquarters were in Albuñol. [1] Some time after its creation the division was integrated into the XXIII Army Corps. [2] Later it became a reserve of the Andalusian Army. [3] In May 1938 members of the division led the liberation of more than three hundred republican prisoners from Carchuna, in the nationalist rear. [4] In mid-August 1938 the Republican command sent it as reinforcement to the Extremadura front, to the sector defended by the 29th Division. [5]

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Organization

DateAttached Army CorpsIntegrated Mixed BrigadesBattle front
December 1937 XXIII Army Corps 55th, 221st Andalusia
April 30, 1938XXIII Army Corps 54th, 55th, 221st Andalusia
August 16, 1938 VI Army Corps 73rd, 198th, 199th Estremadura

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References

  1. 1 2 Engel 1999, p. 231.
  2. Martínez Bande 1981, p. 129.
  3. 1 2 Martínez Bande 1981, p. 256.
  4. Cancio 2011, pp. 128–134.
  5. Martínez Bande 1981, pp. 256, 276.
  6. Alpert 1989, p. 350.
  7. Cancio 2011, pp. 129–130.
  8. Álvarez 1989, pp. 181, 189.

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