1st Division (Spain)

October 2017 the Spanish Republican military unit other formations 1st Division (disambiguation)1st Division 1st Division1.ª División Bandera de la II República Española.PNG Military flag of the Popular Army 31 December 1936 – 27 March 1939 25px Spanish Republic Spanish Republican Army Infantry division Home Defence 1st Army Corps (1936–1939) Lozoyuela Spanish Civil War Enrique Jurado BarrioFernando Cueto Herrero thumb|View of the mountains of the Somosierra area in the winter. The 1st Division (es 1.ª División)Engel Masoliver 1999 was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. This unit was deployed in a relatively inactive front section located in the mountainous area north of Madrid. History The First Division was established on 31 December 1936 with the militia forces operating in the Somosierra sector and led by Lt. Colonel Enrique Jurado Barrio.Suero Roca 1981 340 The headquarters of the division were in Loyozuela.Martínez Bande 1981 125 This unit was garrisoned at the secondary sector of El Escorial and did not take part in any important military operation. The commander who replaced Enrique Jurado, Lt. Colonel Fernando Cueto Herrero, was discovered when he was trying to join the enemy forces and was summarily dismissed and shot for treason on 18 September 1937. Except for a few sporadic skirmishes, the unit rarely saw combat action and was mainly engaged in fortification work. The First Division was disbanded at the war's end in late March 1939.Engel Masoliver 1999 Order of battle Date Army Corps Mixed Brigades BattlefrontDecember 1936 1st Army Corps 26th, 27th and 28th Center December 1937 1st Army Corps 26th and 27th CenterApril 1937 1st Army Corps 26th, 27th and 28th CenterNovember 1938 1st Army Corps 26th and 27th Center Leaders Commanders Lt. Colonel Enrique Jurado Barrio;Zaragoza 1983 48 Lt. Colonel Fernando Cueto Herrero;Engel Masoliver 1999 Infantry Commander Ernesto Güemes Ramos; Militia Major Dionisio Hortelano Hortelano; Militia Major Raimundo Calvo Moreno;Martínez Bande 1981 294 Militia Major Juan Sáez de Diego; Commissars Alberto Barragán López, member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE); Victorio Casado Fernández, member of the (PSOE); Chief of Staff Carabineros Commander Rafael Quintana Vilches; See also Mixed Brigades References Bibliography Alpert Michael Michael Alpert El Ejército Republicano en la Guerra Civil 1989 Siglo XXI de España Madrid 978-84-323-0682-2 Álvarez Santiago Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República 1989 Ediciós do Castro Engel Masoliver Carlos Historia de las Brigadas mixtas del Ejército popular de la República, 1936-1939 1999 Editorial Almena Madrid 84-96170-19-5 Martínez Bande José Manuel La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida 1981 Editorial San Martín Salas Larrazábal Ramón Historia del Ejército Popular de la República 2006 La Esfera de los Libros S.L. 84-9734-465-0 Suero Roca M.ª Teresa Militares republicanos de la Guerra de España 1981 Ed. Península Ibérica Barcelona 84-297-1706-4 Thomas Hugh Hugh Thomas (writer) Historia de la Guerra Civil Española 1976 Círculo de Lectores Barcelona 84-226-0874-X Zaragoza Cristóbal Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939 1983 Ed. Planeta Barcelona External links SBHAC - El Ejército Popular Organización militar republicana - 1936 - La Guerra Civil https://web.archive.org/web/20181005041722/http://www.1936laserenalosmonegros.es/organizacionr.asp 5 October 2018 Category:Military units and formations established in 1936 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1939 Category:Divisions of 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 Category:1936 establishments in Spain Category:1939 establishments in Spain