70th Division (Spain)
The 70th Division was one of the Division (military), divisions of the Spanish Republican Army that were created during the Spanish Civil War. History The 70th Division was formed on 23 September 1937, passing its period of instruction through Almuradiel and Campo de Criptana. It was initially made up of the 92nd Mixed Brigade, 92nd and 95th Mixed Brigade, 95th mixed brigades, although the 32nd Mixed Brigade, 32nd, 79th Mixed Brigade, 79th, 94th Mixed Brigade, 94th and 132nd Mixed Brigade, 132nd mixed brigades were later also integrated. Battle of Teruel At the beginning of the offensive on Teruel on 15 December 1937, it was placed in reserve, but it was soon attached to the XVIII Army Corps (Spain), XVIII Army Corps and entered combat. At the end of December, it was located west of Teruel, in the La Muela sector, defending the accesses to the city against the nationalist counteroffensive on 29 December. At first it was driven back by the nationalists divisions, but on 1 Jan ...
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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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