36th Division (Spain)

36th Division
36.ª División
ActiveMay 1937–March 1939
Country Spain
AllegianceSecond Spanish Republic Republican faction
Branch Spanish Republican Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsSpanish Civil War:
Commanders
Notable
commanders		José Neira Jarabo

The 36th Division was a military formation belonging to the Spanish Republican Army that fought during the Spanish Civil War. It was deployed on the Extremadura front during the entire war.

History

The unit was created in May 1937,[1] on the Extremadura front. The division was assigned to the VII Army Corps, being located in front of the Tagus River.[2] Subsequently, the division was made up of the 47th, 62nd, 104th and 113th mixed brigades, covering the front that was from the Algodor River to Castilblanco.[3] During the following months, it did not intervene in relevant operations. At the beginning of 1938, it gave up two of its brigades - the 62nd and 104th - with which the Extremadura Division was created.[4]

In July 1938 it took part in the fighting of the Battle of Merida pocket, during which it suffered considerable losses. As of 11 August, command was assumed by the militia major José Neira Jarabo.[1] At this time the 36th Division, made up of the 47th, 113th and 148th mixed brigades, became integrated into the VI Army Corps.[5]

Command

Commanders
Commissars

Order of battle

Date Attached Army Corps Integrated mixed brigades Battlefront
May 1937 VII Army Corps 46th, 47th, 104th and 113th Estremadura
December 1937 VII Army Corps 47th, 62nd, 104th and 113th Estremadura
March 1938 VII Army Corps 47th, 62nd and 113th Estremadura
April 30, 1938 VII Army Corps 21st, 47th and 113th Estremadura
July 1938 VII Army Corps 47th, 113th and 114th Estremadura
August 11, 1938 VI Army Corps 47th, 113th and 148th Estremadura
December 1938 VI Army Corps 47th and 113th Estremadura

References

  1. ^ a b c Engel 1999, p. 215.
  2. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 230.
  3. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 85.
  4. ^ Moreno Gómez 1985, p. 616.
  5. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 249.
  6. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 98.
  7. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 175.
  8. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 296.
  9. ^ Álvarez 1989, p. 180.
  10. ^ Álvarez 1989, p. 188.

Bibliography

  • Alpert, Michael (1989). El ejército republicano en la guerra civil (in Spanish). Siglo XXI Editores.
  • Álvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Ediciós do Castro.
  • Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 84-922644-7-0.
  • Martínez Bande, José Manuel (1975). La llegada al mar (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial San Martín.
  • Martínez Bande, José Manuel (1981). La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida (in Spanish). Madrid: San Martín.
  • Moreno Gómez, Francisco (1985). La Guerra civil en Córdoba (1936-1939) (in Spanish). Córdoba: Alpuerto.