The 71st Division was one of the
divisions of the
People's Army of the Republic that were organized during the
Spanish Civil War on the basis of the
Mixed Brigades. It came to operate on the Andalusian and Extremadura fronts.
History
The unit was created in September 1937, on the Andalusian coastline. Its headquarters were in
Albuñol
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. Some time after its creation the division was integrated into the
XXIII Army Corps. Later it became a reserve of the
Andalusian Army. In May 1938 members of the division led the liberation of more than three hundred republican prisoners from
Carchuna, in the nationalist rear. In mid-August 1938 the Republican command sent it as reinforcement to the Extremadura front, to the sector defended by the
29th Division.
Command
;Commanders
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José Torralba Ordóñez;
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Carlos Cuerda Gutiérrez;
;Commissars
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José Piñeiro Zambrano, of the
CNT;
;Chiefs of Staff
* Frumencio Sanmartín López;
Organization
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