136th Mixed Brigade

136th Mixed Brigade 136.ª Brigada Mixta 1 May 1937 March 1939 Spanish Republic Spain Spanish Republic Republican faction 18px Spanish Republican Army Infantry Brigade Spanish Civil War: Battle of Guadalajara Ramón Pastor LlorensBernabé López Calle The 136th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that took part in the Spanish Civil War. Throughout the war, it was assigned to the Guadalajara front, without having a relevant role. History The unit was created on 1 May 1937 in Girona, from regular soldiers, militiamen from the Jubert Division, Madrid defense forces and confederal militias from Barcelona and Figueras. The command of the new 136th Mixed Brigade fell to Francisco Costell Salido and the brigade was integrated into the 33rd Division. Zaragoza 1983 59 Martínez Bande 1981 126, 166 Initially, the brigade moved along with the rest of the division to the Andalusian front, although in June it moved to the Guadalajara front. In November 1937 the 136th Mixed Brigade was assigned to the 14th Division in Guadalajara, remaining in reserve, although on 6 December it was again located on the front line, covering the Cifuentes sector. On 10 February 1938 the brigade faced four enemy assaults against its positions in the Vertice Sierra and Cabezo Cano, managing to repel them. A few weeks later, between 1 and 6 April, it intervened in a small offensive on the Cuenca front that, however, did not bear the desired results. During the rest of the war, it did not intervene again in relevant military operations. At the end of March 1939 the 136th MB withdrew to Madrid, where it dissolved itself. Controls Commanders Francisco Costell Salido; Ramón Pastor Llorens; Eugenio Franquelo Ramírez; Bernabé López Calle; Téllez 1992 161 Mariano Román Urquiri; Pedro Monné Farreras; Commissars Rafael Sanz Lapis, of the PSUC; Álvarez 1989 182 Isidro Albert Raigada; Chiefs of Staff Francisco Armengol Villalonga; Rafael Carretero; Serafín Gilart Fité; References Bibliography Santiago Álvarez 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 Madrid Almena 84-922644-7-0 es Martínez Bande José Manuel La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida 1981 Editorial San Martín Madrid es Antonio Téllez Sabaté. Guerrilla urbana en España (1945-1960) Editorial Virus Barcelona 1992 es Cristóbal Zaragoza Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939 Ed. Planeta Barcelona 1983 es expanded Category:Military units and formations established in 1937 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1939 Category:Mixed Brigades (Spain) Category:Militarized anarchist formations