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25th Division (Spain)
The 25th Division was one of the Division (military unit), divisions of the Spanish Republican Army that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. It participated in the battles of Huesca Offensive, Huesca, Battle of Belchite (1937), Belchite, Battle of Teruel, Teruel and Levante Offensive, Levante. History The division was created in April 1937, within the incipient Eastern Army (Spain), Eastern Army. It was organized from the old Jubert Division, which in turn had been the former Ortiz Column of anarchist militiamen. The new unit was made up of the 116th Mixed Brigade, 116th, 117th Mixed Brigade, 117th, 118th Mixed Brigade, 118th mixed brigades, and a few weeks later was integrated into the also recently created 12th Army Corps (Spain), 12th Army Corps. In June it participated in the Huesca Offensive. On the night of June 9–10, troops from the 25th Division began a diversionary action on the enemy front, occupying various positions; The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 28
Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius. * 1192 – Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin. * 1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds ''Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō'' for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. * 1294 – Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols with the reigning title Oljeitu. *1503 – The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder. 1601–1900 *1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 1938
The following events occurred in March 1938: March 1, 1938 (Tuesday) * Hermann Göring was presented with a field marshal's baton by Adolf Hitler, who made the gesture to placate Göring for not giving him any new cabinet positions in last month's shake-up. *20,000 Nazis marched in Graz, Austria in defiance of government attempts to stop them. *The Yosemite TWA crash occurred. *Died: Gabriele D'Annunzio, 74, Italian writer and soldier March 2, 1938 (Wednesday) *The special court trial against Martin Niemöller ended in Germany. He was cleared of the most serious charge against him, that of treason against the state, but was convicted of "endangering public security, exploiting the pulpit and incitement to resistance against the government". Niemöller was freed on time served but the Gestapo immediately took him back into "protective custody". *The last of the Moscow Trials began with the Trial of the Twenty-One. *Born: Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile, in Santiago * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aragon Offensive
The Aragon Offensive was an important military campaign during the Spanish Civil War, which began after the Battle of Teruel. The offensive, which ran from March 7, 1938, to April 19, 1938, smashed the Republican forces, overran Aragon, and conquered parts of Catalonia and the Levante. Introduction The Battle of Teruel exhausted the material resources of the Republican Army, and wore out the veteran Republican troops. A slowdown of supplies from the Soviet Union exacerbated the difficulties of the Republican government, whose armament industry in Catalonia was already beleaguered. At the same time, however, Francisco Franco had concentrated the bulk of the Nationalist forces in the east and was preparing to drive through Aragon and into Catalonia and the Levante. The Nationalists were able to concentrate 100,000 men between Zaragoza and Teruel with the best troops in the lead. Even though the Nationalist army was numerically inferior to the Republican forces, the Nationali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Army Corps (Spain)
22 Corps, 22nd Corps, Twenty Second Corps, or XXII Corps may refer to: * XXII Reserve Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army during World War I *XXII Corps (Ottoman Empire), a unit in World War I * XXII Corps (Union Army), a unit in the American Civil War *XXII Corps (United States) *XXII Corps (United Kingdom) *XXII Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht) * XXII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) *22nd Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit of the Imperial Russian Army between 1905 and 1918 *22nd Army Corps (Russian Federation) The 22nd Army Corps () is a corps of the coastal defence troops of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy. Formed in 2017 after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the corps is headquartered in Simferopol and controls units based i ..., a unit of the Russian Army since 2017 See also * List of military corps by number {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Division (Spain)
The 11th Division ( es, 11ª División)Carlos Engel, ''Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República'', 1999 was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. It was formed in January 1937 in Madrid beginning with the 1st Mixed Brigade which in turn had originated in the Fifth Regiment. Nicknamed ''División Líster'', it would become one of the elite divisions, as well as one of the most battle-hardened formations, of the Spanish Republican Armed Forces. History Origins: The 'C Division' Although the 11th Division was officially established on 24 January 1937, its origin lies in the C Division of the Republican Army that was created owing to circumstances by joining a number of newly constituted mixed brigades in order to send them to the Jarama River area in order to respond to the rebel attacks towards the Valencia road. However, after much effort, Enrique Líster's men were successful in repelling the rebel offensive at the Battle of Jarama, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel García Vivancos
Miguel García Vivancos (April 19, 1895 in Mazarrón, Region of Murcia – January 23, 1972 in Córdoba) was a Spanish Naïve painter and anarchist. He was a member of the National Confederation of Labor ( es, Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, CNT), during the Spanish Civil War he commanded several military units. With the defeat of the Republic he went into exile, where he developed a career as a painter. He was artistically known by his second surname. Biography He was born in Mazarrón on April 19, 1895. Apprentice at the arsenal of Cartagena, he went with his widowed mother and brothers to Barcelona. At an early age he joined the anarchist National Labor Confederation (CNT); To actively fight against the gunmen hired by the businessmen to suppress workers' demands, he formed the group "Los Solidarios" together with Buenaventura Durruti, Francisco Ascaso, Juan García Oliver, Gregorio Jover, Ramona Berri and Aurelio Fernández. During the civil war he commande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Ortiz Ramírez
Antonio Ortiz Ramírez (Barcelona, April 13, 1907 – April 2, 1996) was a prominent member of the National Confederation of Labor and the Iberian Anarchist Federation. He dedicated himself to woodworking throughout his life, held various positions of responsibility in the Barcelona Wood Union, belonged to the anarchist group "Nosotros", held the position of commander of the South Ebro Column, he also served an officer in the French Resistance and participated in a botched attack against Franco. After the Spanish Civil War he went into exile in Third French Republic, France and later in Latin America. Biography Childhood and adolescence He was born in the Poblenou neighborhood of Barcelona, the son of Valencians, Valencian emigrants from Pedralba. Poblenou, being an industrial center, developed a deep union life in which Ortiz participated: at the age of 8 or 9 he attended a talk by Ángel Pestaña and regularly attended the Flor de Mayo cooperative where cultural activities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30th Division (Spain)
30th Division may refer to: Infantry units * 30th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1949–1952 * 30th Division (German Empire) * 30th Reserve Division (German Empire) * 30th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany * 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, Germany * 30th Infantry Division Sabauda, Kingdom of Italy * 30th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 30th Infantry Division (Poland) * 30th Rifle Division, Soviet Union * 30th Division (United Kingdom) * 30th Infantry Division (United States) * 30th Division (Yugoslav Partisans), 1943–1945 Other units * 30th Armored Division (United States) * 30th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) * 30th Division (Syria), established 2017 * Division 30, a 2015 Syrian rebel group See also * List of military divisions by number * 30th Army (other) * 30th Battalion (other) * 30th Brigade (other) * XXX Corps (other) 30th Corps, Thirtieth Corps, or XXX Corps may refer to: *XXX Corps (U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Modesto
Juan Guilloto León, usually referred to as Modesto or Juan Modesto (24 September 1906 – 16 April 1969), was a Republican army officer during the Spanish Civil War. Biography Early life Born at El Puerto de Santa María in Cádiz, Juan Guilloto worked at a sawmill before joining the Spanish Army. He served in Morocco, becoming a corporal of the Regulares colonial troops based in Larache. Juan Guilloto was affiliated with the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1930, and in 1933 he was placed in charge of the ''Milicias Antifascistas Obreras y Campesinas (MAOC)'' in Madrid, which constituted a paramilitary force for the Party. He organized the ''Sindicato de Oficios Varios y el Socorro Rojo'', which coordinated relations with the Socorro Rojo Internacional. Spanish Civil War When the Spanish Civil War broke out in July 1936, Juan Guilloto participated in the assault of Cuartel de la Montaña, and the Battle of Guadarrama fought in the Guadarrama Mountain Range. He was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaragoza Offensive
The Zaragoza Offensive took place during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. This battle involved the Spanish Republican Army. The main goal of the offensive was to occupy the city of Zaragoza. The main action of the offensive was the battle of Belchite. Background In August 1937, the commander in chief of the Republican Army, Vicente Rojo, decided to launch an offensive in the Aragon front in order to take the regional capital, Saragossa. The main goal of the offensive was to stop the Nationalist offensive against Santander. Furthermore, Saragossa was the communications centre of the whole Aragon front. Opposing forces In the Aragon front the Republican Army had deployed the Army of the East, led by the general Pozas and his chief of staff Antonio Cordon. This army had six divisions ( Lister's 11th Division, 26th Division, 27th Division, Walter's 35th Division, 43rd Division; and Kleber's 45th Division). Furthermore, the Republicans had 200 aircraft and many T-26 and BT-5 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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