147th Mixed Brigade
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| dates = May 1937 - March 1939
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| allegiance = Republican faction
| branch = 17px Spanish Republican Army
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The 147th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that participated in the Spanish Civil War, deployed on the Andalusia front.
History
The unit was created on May 1, 1937 from troops from the old Maroto Column and recruits from the reserves. The first commander of the 147th MB was Francisco Maroto del Ojo, former commander of the Maroto column. Subsequently, the unit was assigned to the 23rd Division.{{Sfn|Engel|2005|p=183}} For most of the war, the brigade did not intervene in relevant military operations. On March 20, 1938, it intervened in a small attack that sought to regain lost positions near Higuera de Calatrava,{{Sfn|Engel|2005|p=183}} although the attempt failed. A few months later, on November 19, one of its battalions stormed a nationalist position. The 147th MB disappeared with the end of the war, in March 1939.
Command
; Commanders
- Francisco Maroto del Ojo;{{Sfn|Sody de Rivas|2009|p=206}}{{Sfn|Ramírez Navarro|2018|p=321}}
- Mariano Elipe Rabadán;
- José Zarco Martínez;{{Sfn|Alpert|1989|p=350}}
; Commissars
- Antonio Vázquez Vázquez{{Sfn|Álvarez|1989|p=184}}
See also
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | last = Alpert | first = Michael | author-link = Michael Alpert | title = El ejército republicano en la guerra civil | year = 1989 | publisher = Siglo XXI Editores | language = es}}
- {{cite book | first = Santiago | last = Álvarez | title = Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República | publisher = Ediciós do Castro | year = 1989|language=es}}
- {{cite book | last = Engel | first = Carlos | title = Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República | year = 2005 | publisher = Almena | location = Madrid | isbn = 84-922644-7-0 | language = es}}
- {{cite book | first = Antonio | last = Ramírez Navarro | title = Aunque nos espere el dolor y la muerte. Historia del movimiento libertario en Almería | publisher = Editorial Universitaria de Almería | year = 2018 | language=es}}
- {{cite book | first = Angel | last = Sody de Rivas | title = Antonio Rosado y el anarcosindicalismo andaluz. Morón de la Frontera (1868-1978) | publisher = Ediciones Carena | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-84-88944-80-1| language = es}}
{{Mixed brigades of Spain|state=expanded}}
Category:Military units and formations established in 1937
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1939