Andalusian Army
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| start_date = October 1937
| end_date = March 1939
| country = {{flag|Spanish Republic|name=Spain}}
| allegiance = {{flagicon|Spanish Republic}} Republican faction
| branch = 18px Spanish Republican Army
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| size = Field Army
| command_structure = GERC (1938-1939)
| garrison = Baza
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| notable_commanders = Segismundo Casado
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The Andalusian Army ({{langx|es|Ejército de Andalucía}}) was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that operated during the Spanish Civil War. Under its jurisdiction were the republican forces deployed in Eastern Andalusia.
History
The Andalusian Army was created on October 19, 1937,{{Sfn | Moreno Gómez | 1985 | p = 616}}{{Sfn | Álvarez Rey | Lemus López | 1998 | p = 444}} as a new formation detached from the former Southern Army. It had its headquarters in the Granada town of Baza.{{Sfn | Álvarez Rey | Lemus López | 1998 | p = 444}} Since its creation it was made up of two Army Corps, the IX and the XXIII, which covered the front that ran from the Villa del Río sector to the Mediterranean Sea . However, for most of its existence the army had hardly any outstanding military activity. The Andalusian Army published the newspaper Sur (South) between 1938 and 1939.{{Sfn | Reig García | 2011 | p = 140}}{{Sfn | Checa Godoy | 1991 | p = 571}} Throughout its history, it had several commanders, among which are Colonel Adolfo Prada Vaquero and General Domingo Moriones Larraga. Although General Moriones supported the Casado coup towards the end of the war, the Casadistas replaced him with Colonel Francisco Menoyo Baños.{{Sfn | Romero | 1976 | p = 434}} The Andalusian Army dissolved itself at the end of March 1939.
Command
; Commanders
- Infantry colonel Adolfo Prada Vaquero;
- Colonel of Cavalry Segismundo Casado;
- Brigadier General Domingo Moriones Larraga;
- Colonel of engineers Francisco Menoyo Baños;
;Commissar
- Serafín González Inestal of the CNT;{{Sfn | Alpert | 2013 | p = 336}}
; Chiefs of Staff
- Lieutenant Colonel Eugenio Galdeano Rodríguez;{{Sfn | Zaragoza | 1983 | p = 62}}
; Head of Operations
- Infantry colonel Antonio Gómez de Salazar;{{Sfn | Engel | 1999 | p = 175}}
; General Commander of Artillery
- Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery Gerardo Armentia Palacios;{{Sfn | Alpert | 2013 | p = 324}}
- Colonel of artillery José Valcázar Crespo;
; General Commander of Engineers
- Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers Manuel Mendicuti Palou;
- Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers Juan Castellano Gállego;
Order of battle
= April 1938 =
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! Army Corps !! Integrated divisions !! Sector | ||
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| IX Army Corps | 20th, 21st, 54th | Jaen-Granada |
| XXIII Army Corps | 23rd, 71st | Granada-Sierra Nevada |
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book| last= Alpert |first= Michael | title= The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |year=2013 |isbn= 978-84-3230-682-2 }}
- {{cite book|last1=Álvarez Rey |first1=Leandro|last2=Lemus López |first2=Encarnación | title=Historia de Andalucía Contemporánea|publisher=Universidad de Huelva|year=1998}}
- {{cite book | first= Antonio | last= Checa Godoy | title= Historia de la prensa andaluza | year= 1991 | publisher= Fundación Blas Infante }}
- {{cite book| last =Engel | first = Carlos| title = Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República| year = 1999| location = Madrid |publisher = Almena| id = 84-922644-7-0}}
- {{cite book |first= Francisco |last= Moreno Gómez | title= La Guerra civil en Córdoba: 1936-1939 |publisher= Editorial Alpuerto |year= 1985}}
- {{cite book | first= Ramón | last= Reig García | title= La comunicación en Andalucía: Historia, estructura y nuevas tecnologías | location= Sevilla | year=2011 | publisher= Centro de Estudios Andaluces | isbn= 978-84-939078-0-8 }}
- {{cite book| last = Romero | first = Luis | title = El Final de la guerra| year = 1976 | location= Madrid| publisher= Ed. Ariel }}
- {{cite book| last = Salas Larrazábal |first=Ramón | title=Historia del Ejército Popular de la República |year=2006 |publisher=La Esfera de los Libros |isbn=84-9734-465-0}}
- {{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Hugh|year=1976| title=Historia de la Guerra Civil Española|publisher=Grijalbo}}
- {{cite book| first= Cristóbal |last= Zaragoza | title= Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939 |publisher= Ed. Planeta |location= Barcelona |year= 1983}}
{{Armies of the Spanish Republic|state=expanded}}
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Category:Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic
Category:Military units and formations established in 1937
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1939