14th Division (Spain)

July 2025 14th Division 14.ª División 13–27 March 1939 Spanish Republic Republican faction Spanish Republican Army Infantry Division Vicente Rojo LluchCipriano Mera Spanish Civil War Battle of Guadalajara Levante Offensive The 14th Division was one of the divisions of the Spanish Republican Army that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. The division participated in the Battle of Guadalajara. History The 14th Division was partly created from the Mera Column, led by Cipriano Mera, and elements from other Mixed Brigades.Alexander 1999 216 The new division was integrated – together with the 11th and 12th divisions – into the new 4th Army Corps, under the command of Enrique Jurado Barrio.Thomas 1976 648 The 12th International Brigade — within which the Garibaldi Battalion was integrated – was also assigned to the 14th Division.Thomas 1976 648 Shortly after its creation, the 14th Division, under Vicente Rojo LluchThomas 2001 580 faced the Battle of Guadalajara. With the support of the other republican divisions, the enemy attack was stopped and a counter-attack began. On 18 March the division, operating on the right flank of the republican front, and the 11th Division of Enrique Lister, with the support of 70 Soviet T-26 tanks, launched an attack and seized the town of Brihuega; the nationalist forces fled in disarray, leaving behind prisoners and war equipment.Alexander 1999 219 Thomas 1976 632 By the end of March the front stabilised after the Republicans managed to recover a large part of the territory.July 2025 In July 1937, facing the Battle of Brunete, the unit was initially placed in reserve. It intervened towards the end of the fighting, after the defeat of Lister's 11th Division. On 24 July it was scheduled to relieve Líster's forces from the front line, although the fighting prevented it.Martínez Bande 1972 197–198 On the morning of 25 July, units of the 14th Division launched a counterattack to the southwest of Brunete, counting on the support of Republican aviation.Beevor 2005 421 Castells Peig 1974 245 Despite the resistance offered by the 14th Division, it failed to maintain its positions. Once the fighting in Brunete ended, the division returned to the Guadalajara front, where it remained for the following months without intervening in relevant operations.July 2025 In the spring of 1938 it was sent to the Levante front as a reserve unit, acting as relief for other units broken by enemy offensives.July 2025 In March 1939 some of its units participated in the Casado coup. This was the case of the 70th Mixed Brigade of Bernabé López Calle, which on the morning of 6 March occupied various strategic points in Madrid, such as the Alameda de Osuna, the Ministry of Finance and the Telefónica building.Bahamonde Magro Cervera Gil 1999 378 Members of the 35th and 50th mixed brigades also took part in support of the rebellious forces. The 14th Division dissolved itself shortly after, with the end of the war. Its commander Rafael Gutiérrez Caro was taken prisoner by the Nationalists, who executed him in Alcalá de Henares on 3 June 1940.July 2025 Command Commanders Vicente Rojo Lluch;Thomas 2001 580 Cipriano Mera;Alpert 2013 343 Francisco Jiménez Durán; Rafael Gutiérrez Caro;Llarch 1976 158 Martínez Bande 1981 168 Joaquín Martínez SánchezLlarch 1976 108 Commissars Mariano Valle Soria, of the CNT;Álvarez 1989 180 Llarch 1976 96 Chiefs of Staff Antonio Verardini Díez de FerretiRuiz 2014 288 Battles Date Attached Army Corps Integrated Mixed Brigades Battle front February–March 1937 4th Army Corps 48th, 65th, 72nd, 70th Guadalajara June 1937 4th Army Corps 65th, 70th, 72nd Guadalajara December 1937 4th Army Corps 70th, 98th Guadalajara April 30, 1938 16th Army Corps 206th, 205th and 204th Tarancon May 1938 21st Army Corps 35th and 39th Levante November 1938 Reserve of the GERC 21st, 35th, 50th and 70th – March 1939 4th Army Corps 35th, 50th and 70th Guadalajara See also List of Spanish Republican divisions Mixed Brigades Mera Column References Bibliography Alexander Robert J. 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