Andalusian Army Explained

Unit Name:Andalusian Army
Start Date:October 1937
End Date:March 1939
Allegiance: Republican faction
Branch: Spanish Republican Army
Size:Field Army
Command Structure:GERC (1938-1939)
Garrison:Baza
Notable Commanders:Segismundo Casado
Battles:Spanish Civil War

The Andalusian Army (Spanish; Castilian: 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, as a new formation detached from the former Southern Army. It had its headquarters in the Granada town of Baza. 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. 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. The Andalusian Army dissolved itself at the end of March 1939.

Command

Commanders
Commissar
Chiefs of Staff
Head of Operations
General Commander of Artillery
General Commander of Engineers

Order of battle

April 1938

Army Corps Integrated divisions Sector
Jaen-Granada
Granada-Sierra Nevada

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