116th Mixed Brigade
The 116th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army, integrated into the 25th Division (Spain), 25th Division, that participated in the Spanish Civil War. History In March 1937, the 116th Mixed Brigade was created in Cieza, Murcia, Cieza, although it had a short existence. On April 28, 1937, the 116th Mixed Brigade was reformed on the Aragon front as a unit of the 25th Division (Spain), 25th Division of the 12th Army Corps (Spain), 12th Army Corps. It was made up of anarchist militiamen of the National Confederation of Labor, CNT-Iberian Anarchist Federation, FAI from the former 1st Regiment of the South Ebro Column, whose militarization resulted in the 25th Division (Spain), 25th Division. In June 1937 the brigade participated in the Huesca Offensive, succeeding in occupying some enemy positions —although the general offensive failed. At the end of August 1937, in the face of the Zaragoza Offensive, it became part of the “D” Group commanded by Juan Modesto. O ...
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Republican Faction (Spanish Civil War)
The Republican faction ( es, Bando republicano), also known as the Loyalist faction () or the Government faction (), was the side in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 that supported the government of the Second Spanish Republic against the Nationalist faction of the military rebellion. The name Republicans () was mainly used by its members and supporters, while its opponents used the term ''Rojos'' (Reds) to refer to this faction due to its left-leaning ideology, including far-left communist and anarchist groups, and the support it received from the Soviet Union. At the beginning of the war, the Republicans outnumbered the Nationalists by ten-to-one, but by January 1937 that advantage had dropped to four-to-one. Foreign support The Republican faction hardly received external support from the Allied powers of World War II, due to the International Non-Intervention Committee. The support of the USSR stands out, fundamentally. Together with Mexico, France and Poland at the be ...
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