1st Division (Spain)

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

This article is about the Spanish Republican military unit. For other formations, see 1st Division.
1st Division
1.ª División
Military flag of the Popular Army
Active1936–1939
Country Spain
BranchSpanish Republican Army
TypeInfantry division
RoleHome Defence
Part of1st Army Corps (1936–1939)
Garrison/HQLozoyuela
EngagementsSpanish Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Enrique Jurado Barrio
View of the mountains of the Somosierra area in the winter.

This unit was deployed in a relatively inactive section of the front located in the mountainous area north of Madrid.

History

The First Division was established on 31 December 1936 with the militia forces that had been operating in the Somosierra sector and which had been led by Lt. Colonel Enrique Jurado Barrio.[2] The headquarters of the division was in Loyozuela.[3]

This unit was garrisoned at the secondary sector of El Escorial and did not take part in any important military operation. The commander who replaced Enrique Jurado, Lt. Colonel Fernando Cueto Herrero, was discovered when he was trying to join the enemy forces and was summarily dismissed and shot for treason on 18 September 1937. Except for a few sporadic skirmishes the unit rarely saw combat action and was mainly engaged in fortification work. The First Division was disbanded at the end of the war in late March 1939.[1]

Order of battle
Date
Army Corps
Mixed Brigades
Battlefront
December 19361st Army Corps26th, 27th and 28thCenter
December 19371st Army Corps26th and 27thCenter
April 19371st Army Corps26th, 27th and 28thCenter
November 19381st Army Corps26th and 27thCenter

Leaders
Commanders
  • Lt. Colonel Enrique Jurado Barrio;[4]
  • Lt. Colonel Fernando Cueto Herrero;[1]
  • Infantry Commander Ernesto Güemes Ramos;
  • Militia Major Dionisio Hortelano Hortelano;
  • Militia Major Raimundo Calvo Moreno;[5]
  • Militia Major Juan Sáez de Diego;
Commissars
Chief of Staff

See also

References
  1. Engel Masoliver 1999.
  2. Suero Roca 1981, p. 340.
  3. Martínez Bande 1981, p. 125.
  4. Zaragoza 1983, p. 48.
  5. Martínez Bande 1981, p. 294.

Bibliography
  • Alpert, Michael (1989). El Ejército Republicano en la Guerra Civil. Madrid: Siglo XXI de España. ISBN 978-84-323-0682-2.
  • Álvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República. Ediciós do Castro.
  • 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.
  • Martínez Bande, José Manuel (1981). La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida. Editorial San Martín.
  • Salas Larrazábal, Ramón (2006). Historia del Ejército Popular de la República. La Esfera de los Libros S.L. ISBN 84-9734-465-0.
  • Suero Roca, M.ª Teresa (1981). Militares republicanos de la Guerra de España. Barcelona: Ed. Península Ibérica. ISBN 84-297-1706-4.
  • 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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