The 22nd Division was one of the
divisions
Division may refer to:
Mathematics
*Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication
* Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military
*Division (military), a formation typically consisting of 10,000 t ...
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 were organized during 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 ...
on the basis of the
Mixed Brigades. It came to operate on the Andalusian and Levante fronts.
History
The unit was created on April 3, 1937, within the Army of the South. The 22nd Division was born from the militarization of the old Granada sector. The unit, made up of
51st,
78th and
93rd mixed brigades, was initially under the command of
Antonio Gómez de Salazar
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and, later,
Urbano Orad de la Torre Urbano may refer to:
* ''Urbano'' (album), a 2002 album by Elvis Crespo
* Urbano music, an umbrella term for certain genres of Latin music
People with the given name
* Urbano José Allgayer (born 1924), Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Ch ...
. As of
June 1937, the division was integrated into the
IX Army Corps, on the Andalusian front.
In the spring of 1938 the division was sent as reinforcement to the
Levante front, being added to the
XXI Army Corps
21 (twenty-one) is the natural number following 20 and preceding 22.
The current century is the 21st century AD, under the Gregorian calendar.
Mathematics
Twenty-one is the fifth distinct semiprime, and the second of the form 3 \times q whe ...
. The division was later assigned to the
XXIII Army Corps, where it remained until the end of the war.
Controls
; Commanders
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Antonio Gómez de Salazar
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...
;
*
Urbano Orad de la Torre Urbano may refer to:
* ''Urbano'' (album), a 2002 album by Elvis Crespo
* Urbano music, an umbrella term for certain genres of Latin music
People with the given name
* Urbano José Allgayer (born 1924), Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Ch ...
(from
April 1937);
*
Francisco Menoyo Baños
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Meaning of the name Francisco
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comm ...
(from
June 1937);
*
Víctor Álvarez González (from
January 1938);
*
Eusebio Sanz Asensio (from
November 1938);
;Commissar
* José Cuadras Botines, of the
PCE;
; Chiefs of Staff
* Ángel Saavedra Gil;
* Francisco Lucio Bañuelos (from January 1938);
*
José Bueno Quejo (from February 1939);
Order of battle
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