The 147th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the
Spanish Republican Army
The Spanish Republican Army () was the main branch of the Spanish Republican Armed Forces, Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.
It became known as People's Army of the Republic (''Ejército Popular de la República'' ...
that participated in the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
, deployed on the Andalusia front.
History
The unit was created on May 1, 1937, from troops from the old
Maroto Column and recruits from the reserves. The first commander of the 147th MB was
Francisco Maroto del Ojo
Francisco Maroto del Ojo (15 March 1906, in Granada – 12 July 1940, in Alicante) was an Andalusians, Andalusian anarchist who was a prominent member of the National Confederation of Labor (, CNT).
Biography Youth
He was born in the Granada ...
, former commander of the Maroto column. Subsequently, the unit was assigned to the
23rd Division. For most of the war, the brigade did not intervene in relevant military operations. On March 20, 1938, it intervened in a small attack that sought to regain lost positions near
Higuera de Calatrava, although the attempt failed. A few months later, on November 19, one of its battalions stormed a
nationalist
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position. The 147th MB disappeared with the end of the war, in March 1939.
Command
; Commanders
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Francisco Maroto del Ojo
Francisco Maroto del Ojo (15 March 1906, in Granada – 12 July 1940, in Alicante) was an Andalusians, Andalusian anarchist who was a prominent member of the National Confederation of Labor (, CNT).
Biography Youth
He was born in the Granada ...
;
* Mariano Elipe Rabadán;
* José Zarco Martínez;
; Commissars
* Antonio Vázquez Vázquez
See also
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Maroto Column
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Mixed Brigades
References
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{{Mixed brigades of Spain, state=expanded
Military units and formations established in 1937
Military units and formations disestablished in 1939
Mixed Brigades (Spain)
Militarized anarchist formations