X Army Corps (Spain)

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X Army Corps
X Cuerpo de Ejército
Active June 1937–February 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 Army Corps
Part of Eastern Army
Garrison/HQ Barbastro
Engagements Spanish Civil War:
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Gregorio Jover Cortés

The X Army Corps was a military formation belonging to the Spanish Republican Army that fought during the Spanish Civil War. During the war it was deployed on the fronts of Aragon, Segre and Catalonia.

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History

The unit was created in June 1937, within the Eastern Army. It covered the front line that ran from the French border to the Sierra de Alcubierre, [1] with its headquarters in Barbastro. [2] [3] During the following months some of its forces intervened in the offensives of Huesca (June), Zaragoza (August) and Biescas (September-October), which, however, did not bear the desired results: both Huesca and Jaca remained in the hands of the nationalist forces.

In the spring of 1938, during the Aragon Campaign, the X Army Corps performed poorly. From the first moment its forces fell back from the enemy push, particularly the 31st Division, [4] whose withdrawal —Which eventually became a rout— left the southern flank of the 43rd Division unprotected. [n. 1] At the beginning of April the X Army Corps, after a long retreat, they maintained their positions on the defensive line of the Segre River. Some elements of its 34th Division intervened in the Balaguer Offensive at the end of May. At the beginning of the Catalonia Campaign the X Army Corps continued to cover the Segre line. Its troops offered resistance to the nationalist assault, although at the beginning of 1939 the formation was forced to withdraw towards the French border along with the rest of the Eastern Army.

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Order of Battle

DateAttached ArmyIntegrated divisionsBattlefront
June 1937 Eastern Army 28th, 29th and 43rd Aragon
July 17, 1937Eastern Army 28th, 31st and 43rd Aragon
December 1937Eastern Army 31st and 43rd Aragon
May 1938Eastern Army 24th and 34th Segre
September 3, 1938Eastern Army 31st and 55th Segre
December 27, 1938Eastern Army 31st, 32nd and 55th Segre
January 2, 1939Eastern Army 32nd, 34th and 55th Segre

Notes

  1. ↑ The 43rd Division had to withdraw and was surrounded in what was known as the Bielsa pocket. [5]
  2. ↑ He had previously served as Chief of Staff of the 34th Division. [14]

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