Flechas Division (Flechas = Arrows, in Spanish) was created from the Flechas Negras Brigade expanded into a Division sized unit. It served in the
Aragon Offensive
The Aragon Offensive was an important military campaign during the Spanish Civil War, which began after the Battle of Teruel. The offensive, which ran from March 7, 1938, to April 19, 1938, smashed the Republican forces, overran Aragon, and con ...
and the March to the Sea, in 1938, 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 ...
. Italians from the
Corpo Truppe Volontarie
The Corps of Volunteer Troops () was a Fascist Italian expeditionary force of military volunteers, which was sent to Spain to support the Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco against the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil ...
served in these mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file. For its final campaign it was further strengthened and renamed
Flechas Negras Division
Flechas Negras Division was a division of the Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. The name means "Black Arrows" in Spanish.
It was a Blackshirts division created when the Flechas Division was further strengthened with support units ...
.
Order of battle
Division "Flechas" -
Mario Roatta
Mario Roatta (2 February 1887 – 7 January 1968) was an Italian general. After serving in World War I he rose to command the Corpo Truppe Volontarie which assisted Francisco Franco's nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. He was the d ...
* Brigada Flechas Negras - Col.
Sandro Piazzoni
** 1st Regiment
*** 1st Battalion "Monte Jata"
*** 2nd Battalion "Bermeo"
*** 3rd Battalion "Munguia"
*** Battery of 65/17
** 2nd Regiment
*** 1st Battalion "Peña Amarilla"
*** 2nd Battalion "Santoña"
*** 3rd Battalion "Algorta"
*** Battery of 65/17
* Assault Battalion "Laredo"
* Artillery Group
** Group of 75/27 "Vizcaya"
** Group of 75/27
** Battery of 20mm "Vizcaya"
** Battery of 37mm "Somorrostro"
* Engineer Company
* Logistics Section
* Sanitation Section
* Military Police Section
* Division transport
* Arditi Platoon
See also
*
Flechas Negras Division
Flechas Negras Division was a division of the Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. The name means "Black Arrows" in Spanish.
It was a Blackshirts division created when the Flechas Division was further strengthened with support units ...
Sources
*de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936-1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994
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Military units and formations of the Spanish Civil War (National faction)
Divisions of Italy in the Spanish Civil War