The 182nd Mixed Brigade (),Carlos Engel, ''Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República'', 1999 was a mixed brigade 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'' ...

in the

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. It was formed in the spring of 1938 in

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and had four

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s, the 725, 726, 727 and 728. Apparently this mixed brigade ended up in the last Republican zone behind the

XYZ Line The XYZ Line (), also known as the Matallana Line, was a system of fortifications built in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War to defend Valencia, the capital of the Second Spanish Republic. The XYZ Line was a simple system of trenches and bunkers ...

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 ''

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'' Corps that would have been placed under the 56th Division of the XVI Army Corps as a

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of the Northern Army ''(Ejército del Norte)''. However, in the summer of 1937 the isolated Republican territory in Northern Spain fell to the

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and this unit ended up not being established.

Latter unit

On 30 April 1938 a new unit named '182nd Mixed Brigade' was established in

. It was placed under the 54th Division of the IX Army Corps of the

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''(Ejército de Andalucía)''. The commander of the unit was Militia Major Pablo Careaga Odriozola. When the 54th Mixed Brigade was disbanded its troops and materiel were integrated into the newly formed 182nd Mixed Brigade. On 12 June 1938, in the face of the imminent takeover of

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by the

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armies, the 54th Division was transferred to this front in order to become part of the XIII Army Corps of the

Levantine Army The Levantine Army was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that operated during the Spanish Civil War. Under its jurisdiction were the Republican forces originally deployed on the Teruel front and, later, on the Levante front. It played an import ...

''(Ejército de Levante)''. But when the 182nd Mixed Brigade arrived to the front line on 21 July the city had already been lost to the rebel forces. Since the situation was irreversible the 182nd Mixed Brigade withdrew southwards, seeking the protection afforded by the

. It seems that this unit remained in this relatively less active area of the front, seeing little action until the end of the Civil War. Some members of the brigade managed to reach

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,Ramón Rodríguez Caro - Todos los Nombres
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References

External links

182 Brigada Mixta; Cátedra Pedro IbarraArchivo General Militar de ÁvilaCopia digital - Biblioteca Virtual de Defensa
{{Mixed brigades of Spain Military units and formations established in 1938 Military units and formations disestablished in 1939 Mixed Brigades (Spain)

History

Northern Army unit

Latter unit

See also

References

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