138th Mixed Brigade

138th Mixed Brigade May 1937 March 1939 Spanish Republic Spain Spanish Republic Republican faction 18px Spanish Republican Army Infantry Brigade 33rd Division Mauricio García EzcurraRamón Pastor Llorens Spanish Civil War The 138th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that took part in the Spanish Civil War. History The unit was created in May 1937 from elements of the 2nd Division of the People's Army of Catalonia, under the command of the Lieutenant Colonel of the Civil Guard Mauricio García Ezcurra. The brigade was assigned to the 33rd Division, González Huix 1995 171 initially heading to the Andalusian front and later, to the front of Guadalajara, where it spent the rest of the conflict. Between 5 and 7 April 1938 it took part in the fighting that took place in the so-called "Vertice Cerro", in the province of Cuenca, facing fourteen enemy assaults against its positions that left the brigade seriously damaged. A few months later, in August, the 138th Mixed Brigade took part in various actions that took place in the Universal Mountains. Engel 1999 During the rest of the war it did not participate in relevant military operations. Controls Commanders Lieutenant colonel of the Civil Guard Mauricio García Ezcurra; Alpert 1989 356 Militia major Ramón Pastor Llorens; Infantry Commander José Ramos Chiva; Militia major José Ramón Poveda; Militia major Gabriel Carbajal Alcaide; Commissars Modesto Cubas Perna, of the CNT; Álvarez 1989 182 Chiefs of Staff Infantry commander Daniel Porras Gil; Militia lieutenant Antonio García Manchón; References Bibliography Alpert Michael El ejército republicano en la guerra civil 1989 Siglo XXI Editores es Santiago Álvarez Santiago Álvarez Gómez Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República Ediciós do Castro 1989 es Engel Carlos Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República 1999 Almena Madrid 84-922644-7-0 es González Huix Francisco J. El puerto y la mar de Tarragona durante la Guerra Civil, 1936-1939 Institut d'Estudis Tarraconenses «Ramon Berenguer IV» 1995 es Category:Military units and formations established in 1937 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1939 Category:Mixed Brigades (Spain) Category:Military units and formations of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Category:Military history of Spain Category:Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic