X Army Corps (Spain) Explained

Unit Name:X Army Corps
Native Name:X Cuerpo de Ejército
Start Date:June 1937
End Date:February 1939
Allegiance: Republican faction
Branch: Spanish Republican Army
Type:Infantry
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Size:Army Corps
Command Structure:Eastern Army
Garrison:Barbastro
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Battles:Spanish Civil War
Notable Commanders:Gregorio Jover Cortés

The X Army Corps was a military formation belonging to the Spanish Republican Army that fought during the Spanish Civil War. During the war it was deployed on the fronts of Aragon, Segre and Catalonia.

History

The unit was created in June 1937, within the Eastern Army. It covered the front line that ran from the French border to the Sierra de Alcubierre, with its headquarters in Barbastro. During the following months some of its forces intervened in the offensives of Huesca (June), Zaragoza (August) and Biescas (September-October), which, however, did not bear the desired results: both Huesca and Jaca remained in the hands of the nationalist forces.

In the spring of 1938, during the Aragon Campaign, the X Army Corps performed poorly. From the first moment its forces fell back from the enemy push, particularly the 31st Division, whose withdrawal —Which eventually became a rout— left the southern flank of the 43rd Division unprotected. At the beginning of April the X Army Corps, after a long retreat, they maintained their positions on the defensive line of the Segre River. Some elements of its 34th Division intervened in the Balaguer Offensive at the end of May. At the beginning of the Catalonia Campaign the X Army Corps continued to cover the Segre line. Its troops offered resistance to the nationalist assault, although at the beginning of 1939 the formation was forced to withdraw towards the French border along with the rest of the Eastern Army.

Command

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Order of Battle

Date Attached Army Integrated divisions Battlefront
June 1937 Aragon
July 17, 1937 Eastern Army Aragon
December 1937 Eastern Army Aragon
May 1938 Eastern Army Segre
September 3, 1938 Eastern Army Segre
December 27, 1938 Eastern Army Segre
January 2, 1939 Eastern Army Segre

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