Flechas Azules Division was a division of the Nationalist forces 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, link ...

. The name means "Blue Arrows" in Spanish. It was created when the Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade was expanded into two division-sized units; the Flechas Azules and Flechas Verdes Divisions. The Flechas Azules Division served in the

Catalonia Offensive The Catalonia Offensive ( ca, Ofensiva de Catalunya, es, Ofensiva de Cataluña) was part of the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army started the offensive on 23 December 1938 and rapidly conquered Republican-held Catalonia with Barcelona ( ...

, the final offensive of the

. Italians from the

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served in these mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file.

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Division Flechas Azules - Col.

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* 1st Regiment ** 1st Battalion "Cerro Toro" ** 2nd Battalion "Sierra Lazaro" ** 3rd Battalion "Sierra Alteruela" ** Battery of 65/17 * 2nd Regiment ** 1st Battalion "Sierra Avila" ** 2nd Battalion "Sierra Argallen" ** 3rd Battalion "Maggiore Roccio" * Rifle Battalion * Battalion de maquinas ** 1st Machinegun Company ** 2nd Machinegun Company ** 3rd Machinegun Company ** 4th Mortar Company ** Anti Tank Company 47/35 * Artillery Regiment ** Group of 65/17 ** Group of 75/27 ** Group of 100/17 ** 20mm AA Battery ** Machinegun Company * Engineer Company * Radio Company * Services Unit

Sources

*de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936–1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 {{ISBN, 84-87690-33-5 Military units and formations of the Spanish Civil War Divisions of Italy in the Spanish Civil War Military units and formations established in 1937

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