Battle of Guadalajara order of battle
Appearance
This is the order of battle for the Battle of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War.
Nationalists
[edit]- División Soria – General José Moscardó
- I Brigade – Colonel Esteban Infantes (4,800 men employed in the Somosierra)
- II Brigade – Colonel Marzo
- 1st Agrupación – Lieutenant Colonel Sotelo
- Battalion de América
- Battalion Bailén
- Battalion Toledo
- Battalion La Victoria
- 1 Compañía de carros
- 1 Artillery Group 75mm
- 2 Sections of Antitank Guns and antiaircraft 20mm,
- 1 Combat Engineer and Services Company
- 2nd Agrupación – Comandante Ibáñez de Aldecoa
- Battalion Gerona
- Tercio de Requetés de Burgos
- 11th Bandera de Falange
- 1 Artillery section 75mm
- 1 Artillery Group 77mm
- 1 Combat Engineer and Services Company
- 3rd Agrupación – Lieutenant Colonel Villalba
- Battalion Aragón
- Battalion San Quintín
- 1 Bandera de F. E. de Burgos-Alava
- 1 Artillery battery 75mm
- 1 Artillery battery 105mm
- 1 Combat Engineer and Services Company
- Agrupación de Caballería – Comandante Pita Da Veiga
- 4 escuadrones de sables y una sección de armas automáticas.
- Reserva del Mando
- 1 Artillery battery 155mm
- 1 Pontoonier Unit
- 1st Agrupación – Lieutenant Colonel Sotelo
- III Brigade – Colonel Los Arcos (sent to be a reserve, not involved in the battle)
Corpo Truppe Volontarie – General de División Mario Roatta
- 4th Division "Littorio" (Lictor) – General de Brigada Annibale Bergonzoli
- 1st CCNN Division "Dio lo Vuole" ("God wants it") – General de Brigada Edmondo Rossi
- 2nd CCNN Division "Fiamme Nere" ("Black Flames") – General de Brigada Guido Amerigo Coppi
- XXIII de Marzo Group
- Attached artillery – Teniente Coronel Bottari
- X Group 75/27 (3 batteries of 4 guns)
- I Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- II Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- II Group 105/28 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- IV Group 149/12 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- Platoon of Combat Engineers
- Artillery Park Section
- 3rd CCNN Division "Penne Nere" ("Black Feathers") – General de Brigada Luigi Nuvoloni
- Tank and Armoured Cars Group
- Corps Artillery – General de Brigada Ugo Zanotti
- VIII Group 75/27 (3 batteries of 4 guns)
- VII Group 75/27 (3 batteries of 4 guns)
- III Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- IV Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- V Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- VI Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- II Group 105/28 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- IV Group 105/28 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- I Group 149/12 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- III Grupo de 149/12 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- 75mm Battery C.K.
- AA Battery 20mm
- Engineer Section
- Artillery Park Section
- Engineer Group – General de Brigada Michele Molinari
- 1 Mixed Company (vehicle repair)
- 1 Radio and Signal Company
- Independent Radio and Signal unit
- Interception unit
Republicans
[edit]IV Army Corps – Lt. Col. Enrique Jurado Barrio
- 11th Division – Enrique Líster
- 12th Division – Víctor Lacalle (replaced by Nino Nanetti after three days)[1]
- 14th Division – Cipriano Mera
- 42nd Mixed Brigade (Flank guard)
- 1st Mobile Brigade – Valentín González
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 33rd Mixed Brigade – Comandante Mulet
- Batallón Teruel
- Batallón 1st de Mayo
- Batallón Madrid
- Batallón 11th Regiment
- Batallón 9th Regiment
- 1st Cavalry Brigade – Comandante Aguado
- 1st Regiment
- 1st Squadron Group – Captain Jose Gonzalez Caparras
- 2nd Squadron Group – Captain Isidoro Infantes Rico
- 2nd Regiment "Jesus Hernandez" – Comandante Cruz
- Cavalry Squadron of the XII Mixed Brigade
- 1st Regiment
- 6 Fortification Battalions
References
[edit]- ^ Beevor, Antony. The Spanish Civil War. p. 158. ISBN 0-911745-11-4
Sources
[edit]- de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana à la España nacional, 1936–1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 ISBN 84-87690-33-5