71st Mixed Brigade

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71st Mixed Brigade
71.ª Brigada Mixta
ActiveJanuary 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 Brigade
Engagements Spanish Civil War:
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Eduardo Rubio Funes

The 71st Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that participated in the Spanish Civil War, deployed on the Guadalajara front.

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History

The unit was created in January 1937 from the militarization of the "Espartaco", "Apoyo" or "Alicante Rojo" militia battalions, constituting in its place the 71st Mixed Brigade. The unit was placed in the 12th Division [1] [2] and sent to the Torija sector on the Guadalajara front. At the beginning of March, after the CTV attack in this area, the 71st Mixed Brigade fully intervened in the battle of Guadalajara. Before the enemy push, on March 8 the "Alicante Rojo" battalion had to withdraw up to km. 103 of highway N-II. During those battles, the brigade suffered serious losses – the 281st and 282nd battalions added more than 600 casualties. [n. 1]

After the fighting the unit was withdrawn to Madrid to undergo a reorganization. It was briefly attached to the 11th and 17th divisions, [4] although it eventually returned to the 12th Division. The 71st Mixed Brigade remained for the rest of the war at the Guadalajara front, dissolving itself on March 27, 1939.

Publications

The brigade edited a publication, "Alicante Rojo", [5] directed by Juan Francisco Alted.

Command

Commanders
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Chief of Staff

Notes

  1. Among these casualties, the chief of the 281st battalion and the chief of its 4th company, militia captain Agustín Batré González, both died. [3]

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