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81st Mixed Brigade
The 81st Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army created during the Spanish Civil War. It operated on the Teruel, Levante and Estremadura fronts. History The unit was created in March 1937 from the militarization of the Torres-Benedito and Iberia columns. Among the militiamen there came to be some internal reluctance to the militarization, which took effect more slowly than expected. The brigade, which was assigned to the 39th Division, came under the initial command of Rafael Trigueros Sánchez-Rojas. Shortly after Trigueros would be replaced by Francisco Fayós Casarico. In June 1937 the 81st MB was assigned as a reserve unit of the 13th Army Corps and sent to the rear, at Segorbe. A month later, it took part in the failed Battle of Albarracín, the 81st lead a rout, having to be disarmed by the 24th Division that had come to relieve it. Later it would be assigned to the 64th Division. In December 1937 the unit took part in the Battle of Teruel, partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 1937
The following events occurred in March 1937: March 1, 1937 (Monday) *Former Prime Minister Kyösti Kallio was sworn into office as the fourth President of Finland after being selected by a vote of Finland's 300-member Electoral College on February 15. *The Camp of National Unity political party (OZN or ''Obóz Zjednoczenia Narodowego'') was founded in Poland. *The government of Manchukuo, the Japanese-occupied puppet state formed from the three northeastern provinces of the Republic of China, passed a law on royal succession making Puyi's brother Pujie the next in line for the throne. Puyi, the last Emperor of China, had been married for 14 years but had no children. *The French steamer ''Marie-Thérèse le Borgne'' hit a naval mine in the same area where the British ship ''Llandovery Castle'' was damaged a week previously. The ship was able to make port at Palamós. *Born: **Eugen Doga, Moldovan composer; in Mocra, Moldavian ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union **Jimmy Little, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
