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2nd Division (Spain)

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This article is about the Spanish Republican military unit. For other formations, see 2nd Division.
2nd Division
2.ª División
Military flag of the Popular Army
Active1936–1939
Country Spanish Republic
BranchSpanish Republican Army
TypeInfantry division
RoleHome Defence
Part of1st Army Corps (1936 - 1939)
EngagementsSpanish Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Luis Barceló Jover
Gun emplacement in the Alto del León from the time of the Spanish Civil War.

The 2nd Division (Spanish: 2.ª División)[1] was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War.

This unit took part in the Segovia Offensive in June 1937.

History

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The Second Division was established on 31 December 1936 with the militia forces that had been operating in the mountainous area north of Madrid. During the Segovia Offensive it carried out a diversionary attack in the Alto del León led by Lt. Colonel Luis Barceló.[2]

During the rest of the war it stayed in the same relatively inactive mountain front and was finally disbanded on 27 March 1939.[1]

Order of Battle

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Date Army Corps Mixed Brigades Battlefront
December 1936 1st Army Corps 29th, 27th and 31st Center
December 1937 1st Army Corps 29th, 27th and 31st Center
April 1938 1st Army Corps 29th, 27th and 34th Center

Leaders

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Commanders
Commissar
Chief of Staff

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Engel Masoliver 1999.
  2. ^ Thomas 1976, p. 743.
  3. ^ Zaragoza 1983, p. 285.
  4. ^ Alpert 2013, p. 345.
  5. ^ Romero Salvadó 2013, p. 72.
  6. ^ a b Engel Masoliver 1999, p. 198.

Bibliography

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  • Alpert, Michael (2013). The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-32857-0.
  • Engel Masoliver, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas mixtas del Ejército popular de la República, 1936-1939. Madrid: Editorial Almena. ISBN 84-96170-19-5.
  • Romero Salvadó, Francisco J. (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-8009-2.
  • Thomas, Hugh (1976). Historia de la Guerra Civil Española. Barcelona: Círculo de Lectores. ISBN 84-226-0874-X.
  • Zaragoza, Cristóbal (1983). Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939. Barcelona: Ed. Planeta.
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