The 22nd Division was one of the
divisions 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 were organized during 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 ...
on the basis of the
Mixed Brigades. It came to operate on the Andalusian and Levante fronts.
History
The unit was created on April 3, 1937, within the Army of the South. The 22nd Division was born from the militarization of the old Granada sector. The unit, made up of
51st,
78th and
93rd mixed brigades, was initially under the command of
Antonio Gómez de Salazar and, later,
Urbano Orad de la Torre. As of
June 1937
The following events occurred in June 1937:
June 1, 1937 (Tuesday)
*In Italy, the Ministry of Popular Culture ordered all foreign words and names to be Italianized. Louis Armstrong, for example, was to be known as Luigi Fortebraccio.
*Oldsmobil ...
, the division was integrated into the
IX Army Corps, on the Andalusian front.
In the spring of 1938 the division was sent as reinforcement to the
Levante front, being added to the
XXI Army Corps
21 (twenty-one) is the natural number following 20 and preceding 22.
The current century is the 21st century AD, under the Gregorian calendar.
In mathematics
21 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 3 and 7, and a deficie ...
. The division was later assigned to the
XXIII Army Corps, where it remained until the end of the war.
Controls
; Commanders
*
Antonio Gómez de Salazar;
*
Urbano Orad de la Torre (from
April 1937
The following events occurred in April 1937:
April 1, 1937 (Thursday)
*The Condor Legion carried out the Bombing of Jaén, killing 159 people.
*The Government of India Act 1935 came into effect.
*Born: Mohammad Hamid Ansari, diplomat and Vice P ...
);
*
Francisco Menoyo Baños (from
June 1937
The following events occurred in June 1937:
June 1, 1937 (Tuesday)
*In Italy, the Ministry of Popular Culture ordered all foreign words and names to be Italianized. Louis Armstrong, for example, was to be known as Luigi Fortebraccio.
*Oldsmobil ...
);
*
Víctor Álvarez González (from
January 1938);
*
Eusebio Sanz Asensio (from
November 1938);
;Commissar
* José Cuadras Botines, of the
PCE;
; Chiefs of Staff
* Ángel Saavedra Gil;
* Francisco Lucio Bañuelos (from January 1938);
*
José Bueno Quejo (from February 1939);
Order of battle
Notes
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