The 147th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the
Spanish Republican Army
The Spanish Republican Army ( es, Ejército de la República Española) was the main branch of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.
It became known as People's Army of the Republic (''Ejército Popular de la Repú ...
that participated in the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
, deployed on the Andalusia front.
History
The unit was created on
May 1,
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
from troops from the old
Maroto Column
The Maroto column was a militia column that operated at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
History
The column was founded in Alicante, in the summer of 1936, by the Granadin anarchist leader Francisco Maroto del Ojo. At first it was made ...
and recruits from the reserves. The first commander of the 147th MB was
Francisco Maroto del Ojo, former commander of the Maroto column. Subsequently, the unit was assigned to the
23rd Division. For most of the war, the brigade did not intervene in relevant military operations. On
March 20,
1938
Events
January
* January 1
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, it intervened in a small attack that sought to regain lost positions near
Higuera de Calatrava, although the attempt failed. A few months later, on
November 19
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...
, one of its battalions stormed a
nationalist
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position. The 147th MB disappeared with the end of the war, in
March 1939.
Command
; Commanders
*
Francisco Maroto del Ojo;
* Mariano Elipe Rabadán;
* José Zarco Martínez;
; Commissars
* Antonio Vázquez Vázquez
See also
*
Maroto Column
The Maroto column was a militia column that operated at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
History
The column was founded in Alicante, in the summer of 1936, by the Granadin anarchist leader Francisco Maroto del Ojo. At first it was made ...
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Mixed Brigades
References
Bibliography
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{{Mixed brigades of Spain, state=expanded
Military units and formations established in 1937
Military units and formations disestablished in 1939
Mixed Brigades (Spain)
Militarized anarchist formations