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54th Division (Spain)
The 54th Division was one of the divisions of the People's Army of the Republic that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. It came to operate on the Levante front. History During 1937, on the Northern Front there had already been a division that used this numbering. In the spring of 1938, within the IX Army Corps, a division was created that was numbered "54". Its first commander-in-chief was Lieutenant Colonel Martín Calvo Calvo. It was made up of the newly created 180th, 181st and 182nd mixed brigades. Some time later it was sent to the Levante front, where it was included in the XIII Army Corps. It participated in the fighting in the Levante, resisting the nationalist offensive against Valencia. During the operations, the unit had an outstanding performance, coming to be congratulated by the republican authorities. On August 11, 1938, command of the unit passed to the anarchist Francisco Fervenza Fernández. During the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 1938
The following events occurred in April 1938: April 1, 1938 (Friday) *The Battle of Gandesa began. *Upper and Lower Silesia were reunified into the Province of Silesia. *'' L'Osservatore Romano'' stated that the Vatican had not been consulted by Austrian bishops prior to their reading of the March 27 pastoral letter supporting the '' Anschluss''. *U.S.-Mexican relations continued to worsen as the Roosevelt Administration ended its policy of buying Mexican silver at rates above world price. *Music recordings by Jewish musicians and composers were banned in Germany. *Joe Louis knocked out Harry Thomas in the fifth round at Chicago Stadium to retain the world heavyweight boxing title. *Born: John Quade, actor, in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 2009) *Died: Louis-Henri Foreau, 71 or 72, French artist April 2, 1938 (Saturday) *The Australian Labor Party won a third term in the Queensland state election. *Three days of parliamentary elections concluded in Egypt. Prime Minister Muhamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Left (Spain)
The Republican Left ( es, Izquierda Republicana) was a Spanish republican party founded in 1934. History The party was founded in 1934 following the left's defeat in the 1933 election, by the merger of Manuel Azaña's Republican Action, part of Marcelino Domingo's Radical Socialist Republican Party and Santiago Casares Quiroga's Autonomous Galician Republican Organization (ORGA).De la Granja, José Luis; De Pablo, Santiago (2009). ''«La II República y la Guerra Civil». Historia del País Vasco y Navarra en el siglo XX'' (2d edition). Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva. p. 61. . Its members included José Giral, Victoria Kent and Manuel Azaña who became the party's leader. Integrated in the Popular Front ahead of the 1936 election, the party won 87 seats becoming the third largest party while Manuel Azaña obtained the office of President of the Council of Minister. Following the impeachment of Niceto Alcalá Zamora from the presidency in May 1936, Azaña was elected preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleuterio Dorado Lanza
Eleuterio or Eleutério is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Eleuterio Maisonnave y Cutayar (1840–1890), Spanish politician, Minister of State in 1873, under President Francisco Pi y Margall *Eleuterio Felice Foresti (1793–1858), Italian patriot and scholar * Eleuterio Francesco Fortino (1938–2010), Italian priest of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church *Laureano Eleuterio Gomez (1889–1965), the 18th President of Colombia, from 1950 to 1953 * José Eleuterio González (born 1813), Mexican physician and philanthropist, founder of the UANL and the Hospital Universitario *Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro (born 1942), Uruguayan politician, journalist, and writer *Eleuterio Pagliano (1826–1903), Italian painter of the Romantic period as well as an activist and fighter of the Risorgimento *Eleuterio Quiñones, recurring fictional character in Puerto Rican radio and television, voiced by Sunshine Logroño *Eleuterio Quintanilla (1886–1966), Spanish anarchist, educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 11
Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation. * 106 – The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia. * 355 – Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II. * 490 – Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan. * 923 – The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra. * 1315 – The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage. *1332 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area also comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, constituting one of the major urban areas on the European side of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, at the Gulf of Valencia, north of the Albufera lagoon. Valencia was founded as a Roman colony in 138 BC. Islamic rule and acculturation ensued in the 8th century, together with the introduction of new irrigation systems and crops. Aragonese Christian conquest took place in 1238, and so the city became the capital of the Kingdom of Valencia. The city's population thrived in the 15th century, owing to trade with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, Italian ports and other loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist Faction (Spanish Civil War)
The Nationalist faction ( es, Bando nacional) or Rebel faction ( es, Bando sublevado) was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. It was composed of a variety of right-leaning political groups that supported the Spanish Coup of July 1936 against the Second Spanish Republic and Republican faction and sought to depose Manuel Azaña, including the Falange, the CEDA, and two rival monarchist claimants: the Alfonsist Renovación Española and the Carlist Traditionalist Communion. In 1937, all the groups were merged into the FET y de las JONS. After the death of the faction's early leaders, General Francisco Franco, one of the members of the 1936 coup, would head the Nationalists throughout most of the war and emerge as the dictator of Spain until his death in 1975. The term Nationalists or Nationals () was coined by Joseph Goebbels following the visit of the clandestine Spanish delegation led by Captain Francisco Arranz requesting war material on 24 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XIII Army Corps (Spain)
XIII Army Corps (German: ''XIII. Armeekorps'') was a corps of the German Army during World War II. Made up of several divisions, which varied from time to time, it was formed in Nuremberg on 1 October 1937. Soon after the general mobilisation of August, 1939 the corps was engaged in the Polish campaign. Made up of the 10th, 17th, and 221st Infantry, it was part of the 8th Army. After the decisive German victory at the Battle of the Bzura, the Corps was transferred to the 16th Army in the Trier area of western Germany. During the Invasion of France the following year the corps advanced to the River Meuse through Luxembourg in May, 1940. Reassigned to the 16th Army in the Champagne district they had reached Chalons-sur-Saône by the time of the Armistice. In July XIII Corps was moved to northern France to take a leading role in the planned, and then abandoned, Operation Sealion, the invasion of England. Instead they were moved to the Netherlands. In May 1941 they were tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
182nd Mixed Brigade
The 182nd Mixed Brigade ( es, 182.ª Brigada Mixta),Carlos Engel, ''Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República'', 1999 was a mixed brigade of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. It was formed in the spring of 1938 in Andalusia and had four battalions, the 725, 726, 727 and 728. Apparently this mixed brigade ended up in the last Republican zone behind the XYZ Line at the end of the conflict. But data are lacking regarding its final fate. History Northern Army unit In 1937 the Spanish Republican Army Chief of Staff had planned to form a 182nd Mixed Brigade made up from battalions belonging to the '' Carabineros'' Corps that would have been placed under the 56th Division of the XVI Army Corps as a reserve of the Northern Army ''(Ejército del Norte)''. However, in the summer of 1937 the isolated Republican territory in Northern Spain fell to the rebel faction and this unit ended up not being established. Latter unit On 30 April 1938 a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
181st Mixed Brigade
The 181st Mixed Brigade ( es, 181.ª Brigada Mixta), was a mixed brigade of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War.Carlos Engel, ''Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República'', 1999 Data are lacking regarding the names of the commanders of this unit, but the names of some soldiers are known. History Northern Army unit A 181st Mixed Brigade had been planned by the Spanish Republican Army Chief of Staff formed by battalions belonging to the '' Infantería de Marina'' Corps. It would have been placed under the 56th Division of the IX Army Corps of the Northern Army ''(Ejército del Norte)'', but the Republic was defeated by the rebel faction in the War in the North and the projected unit could not be established. Latter unit On 30 April 1938 a new unit named '181st Mixed Brigade' was established in Andalusia. It was placed under the 54th Division of the IX Army Corps of the Andalusian Army ''(Ejército de Andalucía)'' and had four battali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
180th Mixed Brigade
The 180th Mixed Brigade was a brigade of the People's Army of the Republic that fought in the Spanish Civil War. History The unit was created on April 30, 1938, on the Andalusia front, being assigned to the 54th Division (Spain), 54th Division of the IX Corps (Spain), IX Corps. Command fell to Francisco Fervenza Fernández, a veteran of the War in the North. On June 12 the brigade was sent along with the rest of the division to the Province of Castellón, Castellón front, aimed at XYZ line. On July 21 the 180th Mixed Brigade saw combat, resulting in a bitter struggle with the nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), nationalist forces advancing towards Valencia. The 720th battalion distinguished itself especially during these operations. After the beginning of the Battle of the Ebro the fighting subsided. In August 1938, command of the brigade was assumed by Manuel Chaves. It did not intervene in any significant capacity for the remainder of the conflict. Command ;Commander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Calvo Calvo
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