Eusebio Sanz Asensio was a
Spanish anarchist
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...
and military commander.
Biography
Already a member of the
National Confederation of Labor (CNT), at the outbreak of the
Spanish Civil War, he joined the
confederal militias and became a member of the
Rosal Column, commanding an anarchist
battalion that acted in the
Sierra de Gredos and in
Somosierra. Here he participated in the defense of
Madrid.
In January 1937, following the militarization of the confederal militias, he was appointed commander of the
70th Mixed Brigade
The 70th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army created during the Spanish Civil War. The unit intervened in the battles of Jarama, Guadalajara and Brunete. At the end of the war it played a role in the Casado coup.
History
T ...
, which took part in the
Battle of Jarama. Some time later he was sent to the north, where he commanded the
168th Mixed Brigade; at the head of this unit he took part in the
Battle of Santander, trying to stop the nationalist advance. Later, after the fall of the
northern front, he returned south to the central zone. He came to command the
25th and
22nd divisions, intervening in various military operations during the
Levante Offensive.
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Confederación Nacional del Trabajo members
Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction)
Spanish army officers
20th-century Spanish military personnel
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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