192nd Mixed Brigade

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192nd Mixed Brigade
192.ª Brigada Mixta
ActiveApril 1938March 1939
Country Spain
AllegianceSecond Spanish Republic Republican faction
Branch Spanish Republican Army
TypeInfantry
SizeBrigade
EngagementsSpanish Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Abelardo Belenguer Alcober

The 192nd Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army created during the Spanish Civil War. Deployed on the Extremadura front, the unit played a minor role during the war.

History

The unit was created on April 30, 1938 from reservists from 1925 and 1926. Previously, an Asturian brigade had used this numbering in the north.[n. 1] The new 192nd Mixed Brigade, which was initially part of the 53rd Division of XVII Army Corps,[3] would later be added to the 29th Division of the VI Army Corps.[4][5] Command was passed to the militia major Abelardo Belenguer Alcober.

The organization of the unit was long delayed and it was not until

Battle of Peñarroya, in January 1939, due to its weak organization.[6]

Command

Commanders

Notes

  1. Battle of El Mazuco, in September 1937, managing to delay the nationalist advance towards Asturias for several days.[2]

References

  1. ^ Engel 1999, p. 167.
  2. ^ Muñoz Martín 1976, p. 100.
  3. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 168.
  4. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 296.
  5. ^ Engel 1999, pp. 136–212.
  6. ^ a b Engel 1999, p. 136.

Bibliography

  • Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. .
  • Martínez Bande, José Manuel (1981). La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial San Martín.
  • Muñoz Martín, Óscar (1976). Asturias en la guerra civil (in Spanish). Ayalga.