The 2nd Division ( es, 2.ª División) was a division 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 ...

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 ...

. This unit took part in the

Segovia Offensive The Segovia Offensive was a Republican diversionary offensive which took place between 31 May and 6 June 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. The main goal of the offensive was to occupy Segovia and divert Nationalist forces from their advance on ...

in June 1937.

History

The Second Division was established on 31 December 1936 with the militia forces that had been operating in the mountainous area north of

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. During the Segovia Offensive it carried out a diversionary attack in the

Alto del León The Guadarrama Pass ( es, Puerto de Guadarrama), also known as ''Alto del León'', is a mountain pass in Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama, part of the Sistema Central system of ranges. Historically it has been an important communic ...

led by Lt. Colonel

Luis Barceló Luis Barceló Jover (1896 – 15 March 1939) was a Spanish military officer. Spanish Civil War A professional officer of the Spanish Army, he supported the Second Spanish Republic, Republican government during the Spanish Civil War. In 1936 ...

. During the rest of the war it stayed in the same relatively inactive mountain front and was finally disbanded on 27 March 1939.

Order of Battle

Leaders

;Commanders * Engineering Lt. Colonel Domingo Moriones; * Infantry Colonel Enrique Navarro Abuja; * Infantry Lt. Colonel Luis Barceló Jover; * Militia Major José Suárez Montero; * Militia Major Casto Losada Quiroga; ;Commissar * José Delgado Prieto, member of the

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(PSOE); ;Chief of Staff *Engineering Captain Juan Manzano Porqueres;

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