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Battle of Guadalajara order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the Battle of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War.

Nationalists

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  • 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
    • 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

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IV Army Corps – Lt. Col. Enrique Jurado Barrio

  • 11th DivisionEnrique Líster
  • 12th DivisionVíctor Lacalle [es] (replaced by Nino Nanetti [es] after three days)[1]
  • 14th DivisionCipriano 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
  • 6 Fortification Battalions

References

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  1. ^ Beevor, Antony. The Spanish Civil War. p. 158. ISBN 0-911745-11-4

Sources

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  • 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