21st Division (Spain)

The 21st Division was one of the divisions of the Spanish Republican Army that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. Situated on the Andalusian front, the division played a minor role.

21st Division
21.ª División
ActiveApril 3, 1937March 1939
Country Spain
AllegianceSecond Spanish Republic Republican faction
Branch Spanish Republican Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQJaén
EngagementsSpanish Civil War

History

The unit was created on April 3, 1937, within the Army of the South. The 21st Division was born from the militarization of the old Granada sector.[n. 1] It was made up of 76th, 79th and 80th mixed brigades,[2] with its headquarters in Jaén.[1] As of June 1937, the division was integrated into the IX Army Corps.[3]

Command

Commanders
  • Antonio Gómez de Salazar;[1]
  • Martín Calvo Calvo;[4]
  • Carlos Cuerda Gutiérrez;
  • Luis Bárzana Bárzana;
  • Eloy Marín Villanueva;
Commissars
  • Rafael Bonilla Pérez, of the CNT;[5]
Chiefs of Staff
  • José Mondéjar Gil de Pareja;
  • José Rodríguez;

Order of battle

DateAttached Army CorpsIntegrated Mixed BrigadesBattle front
April 1937-76th, 79th and 80thAndalusia
April 1938IX Army Corps51st, 76th and 80thAndalusia
December 1938IX Army Corps76th, 80th and 106thAndalusia

Notes

  1. The other unit that emerged from the militarization of the old Granada Sector was the 22nd Division, commanded by commander Urbano Orad de la Torre.[1]

References

Bibliography

  • Alpert, Michael (1989). El ejército republicano en la guerra civil (in Spanish). Siglo XXI Editores.
  • Álvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Ediciós do Castro.
  • Álvarez Rey, Leandro; Lemus López, Encarnación (1998). Historia de Andalucía Contemporánea (in Spanish). Universidad de Huelva.
  • Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 84-922644-7-0.
  • Martínez Bande, José Manuel (1981). La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida (in Spanish). Madrid: San Martín.
  • Zaragoza, Cristóbal (1983). Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939 (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ed. Planeta.
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