2nd Division (Spain)
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2.ª División
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The 2nd Division ({{langx|es|2.ª División}}){{sfn|Engel Masoliver|1999|p= }} was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War.
This unit took part in the Segovia Offensive in June 1937.
History
The Second Division was established on 31 December 1936 with the militia forces that had been operating in the mountainous area north of Madrid. During the Segovia Offensive it carried out a diversionary attack in the Alto del León led by Lt. Colonel Luis Barceló.{{Sfn|Thomas|1976|p=743}}
During the rest of the war it stayed in the same relatively inactive mountain front and was finally disbanded on 27 March 1939.{{sfn|Engel Masoliver|1999|p= }}
Order of Battle
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! Date !! Army Corps !! Mixed Brigades !! Battlefront | |||
| December 1936 | 1st Army Corps | 29th, 27th and 31st | Center |
| December 1937 | 1st Army Corps | 29th, 27th and 31st | Center |
| April 1938 | 1st Army Corps | 29th, 27th and 34th | Center |
Leaders
;Commanders
- Engineering Lt. Colonel Domingo Moriones;{{Sfn|Zaragoza|1983|p=285}}
- Infantry Colonel Enrique Navarro Abuja;{{Sfn|Alpert|2013|p=345}}
- Infantry Lt. Colonel Luis Barceló Jover;{{Sfn|Romero Salvadó|2013|p=72}}
- Militia Major José Suárez Montero;{{sfn|Engel Masoliver|1999|p=198}}
- Militia Major Casto Losada Quiroga;
;Commissar
- José Delgado Prieto, member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE);{{sfn|Engel Masoliver|1999|p=198}}
;Chief of Staff
- Engineering Captain Juan Manzano Porqueres;
See also
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Alpert|first=Michael|title=The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-32857-0 }}
- {{cite book | last = Engel Masoliver| first =Carlos | title =Historia de las Brigadas mixtas del Ejército popular de la República, 1936-1939 | year =1999 | publisher =Editorial Almena | location =Madrid | isbn =84-96170-19-5 }}
- {{cite book|last=Romero Salvadó |first=Francisco J. |year=2013 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8009-2 }}
- {{cite book | last =Thomas | first =Hugh | author-link =Hugh Thomas (writer) | title =Historia de la Guerra Civil Española | year =1976 | publisher =Círculo de Lectores | location =Barcelona | isbn =84-226-0874-X }}
- {{cite book | last =Zaragoza | first =Cristóbal | title =Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939 | year =1983 | publisher =Ed. Planeta | location =Barcelona }}
External links
- [http://www.sbhac.net/Republica/Fuerzas/EPR/EPR.htm SBHAC - El Ejército Popular]
- [http://www.1936laserenalosmonegros.es/organizacionr.asp Organización militar republicana - 1936 - La Guerra Civil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005041722/http://www.1936laserenalosmonegros.es/organizacionr.asp |date=5 October 2018 }}
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Category:Military units and formations established in 1936
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1939
Category:Military units and formations of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction)