2nd Division (Spain) explained

Unit Name:2nd Division
2.ª División
Dates:1936–1939
Branch:Spanish Republican Army
Type:Infantry division
Role:Home Defence
Command Structure:1st Army Corps (1936 - 1939)
Battles:Spanish Civil War
Notable Commanders:Luis Barceló Jover

The 2nd Division (Spanish; Castilian: 2.ª División) 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.

During the rest of the war it stayed in the same relatively inactive mountain front and was finally disbanded on 27 March 1939.

Order of Battle

Date Army Corps Mixed Brigades Battlefront
December 1936 1st Army Corps
December 1937 1st Army Corps29th, 27th and 31stCenter
April 1938 Center

Leaders

Commanders
Commissar
Chief of Staff

See also

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