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The 89th Mixed Brigade was one of the Mixed Brigades created by 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 ...
for the defense of the
Second Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of Alfonso XIII, King Alfonso XIII, and was di ...
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 ...
. It was present on the Andalusia Front.


History

At the end of March 1937, the 89th mixed brigade was formed on the Córdoba Front. It was composed of: the 1st and 2nd battalions - 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 the 3rd and 4th battalions - which came from the «Cultural Militias of Jaén» column. José Villagrán Ganzinotto was appointed as commander of the brigade, which was soon placed in the 20th Division of 9th Army Corps which had its headquarters in Andújar. Carlos Engel (1999); '' History of the Mixed Brigades of the People's Army of the Republic '', p.117 During the war, the Chiefs of Staff were the militia captains Ostalet and Manuel Marín Guerrero, while the political commissar was Alfonso Fernández Torres, from the CNT. In February 1939, José María Aguirre Lobo held command of the brigade, while the Chief of Staff was Guillermo Vázquez Rodríguez.


See also

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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 Brigade Mixed brigade ( es, brigada mixta) was a basic tactical military unit of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. It was initially designed as “pocket division”, an innovative maneuverable combined-arms formation. Because of high sa ...


References

{{Mixed brigades of Spain, state=expanded Military units and formations established in 1937 Military units and formations disestablished in 1939 Mixed Brigades (Spain)