28th Division (Spain)
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| dates = 28 April 1937 - 27 March 1939
| disbanded = 27 March 1939
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| commander1 = Gregorio Jover
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| commander2 = Juan Mayordomo Moreno
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The 28th 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. It was deployed on the Aragon and Segre fronts.
History
The unit was created in April 1937 from the old Ascaso Column, commanded by the anarchist Gregorio Jover.{{Sfn|Maldonado|2007|p=171}}{{Sfn|Gabriel|2011|p=331}} The new 28th Division, in addition to the forces coming from the «Ascaso» column, had also absorbed the remains of other militia forces and became composed of 125th, 126th and 127th mixed brigades; continued under Jover's command.{{Sfn|Casanova|1985|p=114}}{{Sfn|Maldonado|2007|p=170}}
The 28th Division remained on the Aragon front for much of the war. In June 1937 it took part in the unsuccessful Huesca Offensive, and at the end of August one of its units - the 127th MB - took part in the Zaragoza Offensive. In February 1938 it took part in the Battle of Alfambra. During the subsequent offensive on the Aragon front, the unit undertook several withdrawals in the face of enemy pressure. It took part in the Levante Offensive integrated in the 13th Army Corps,{{Sfn|Navarro|2010|p=68}} being later transferred to the Estremadura front, where it participated in the Battle of Merida pocket. After Gregorio Jover was promoted to command of the 10th Army Corps, on August 11 Juan Mayordomo Moreno took command of the division.{{Sfn|Engel|1999|p=211}} In January 1939, the unit participated in the Battle of Valsequillo, integrated into the Toral Group.{{Sfn|Salas Larrazábal|2006|p=3050}}
Commanders
;Commanders
- Gregorio Jover;{{Sfn|Alpert|2013|p=338}}{{Sfn|Thomas|1976|p=594}}
- Juan Mayordomo Moreno{{Sfn|Martínez Bande|1985|p=38}}
;Commissars
- Adolfo Arnal García;{{Sfn|Engel|1999|p=211}}
- Pedro Fernández Alonso{{Sfn|Álvarez|1989|p=180}}
;Chief of Staff
Battles
See also
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Alpert|first=Michael|year=2013|title=The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
- {{cite book|last=Álvarez|first=Santiago|year=1989|title=Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República|publisher=Ediciós do Castro|language=es}}
- {{cite book|last=Casanova|first=Julián|year=1985|title=Anarquismo y revolución en la sociedad rural aragonesa, 1936-1938|publisher=Siglo XXI Editores|language=es}}
- {{cite book|last=Engel|first=Carlos|year=1999|title=Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República|location=Madrid|publisher=Almena|isbn=84-922644-7-0|language=es}}
- {{cite book|last=Gabriel|first=Pere|year=2011|title=Historia de la UGT IV. Un sindicalismo en guerra (1936-1939)|publisher=Siglo XXI de España Editores|language=es}}
- {{cite book|last= Navarro|first=Ramón Juan|year=2010|title=Resistir es vencer. El frente de Viver en la Guerra Civil española|publisher=Lulu.com|ISBN=978-1-4466-9664-4|language=es}}
- {{cite book|last=Maldonado|first=José M.ª|year=2007|title=El frente de Aragón. La Guerra Civil en Aragón (1936–1938)|publisher=Mira Editores|ISBN=978-84-8465-237-3|language=es}}
- {{cite book|last=Martínez Bande|first=José Manuel|year=1985|title=El Final de la guerra civil|location=Madrid|publisher=San Martín|language=es}}
- {{cite book|last=Salas Larrazábal|first=Ramón|year=2006|title=Historia del Ejército Popular de la República. La Esfera de los Libros|ISBN=84-9734-465-0|language=es}}
- {{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Hugh|year=1976|title=Historia de la Guerra Civil Española|location=Barcelona|publisher=Círculo de Lectores|ISBN=9788497598323|language=es}}
- {{cite book|last=Zaragoza|first=Cristóbal|year=1983|title=Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939|location=Barcelona|publisher=Planeta|language=es}}
{{Divisions of the Spanish Republic|state=expanded}}
Category:Military units and formations established in 1937
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1939
Category:Military units and formations of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction)
Category:Military history of Spain