XII International Brigade
- XII International Brigade
The XII International Brigade was mustered on 7th November 1936 at Albacete, Spain. It was formally named the Garibaldi Brigade, after the Italian partisan leader, Giuseppe Garibaldi. Its first commanding officer was a soviet advisor of Hungarian origin, Gen. "Pavol Lukács" (Mate Zalka), who went on to command the 45th Division of the Spanish Republican Army. (He was killed during the Huesca Offensive.)
The brigade included, among others, the following battalions [Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War, "Appendix III"] [es icon [http://www.ogqn.com/odb_gce/epr/brigadas/xii_bi.htm EPR Order of Battle Website] ] [es icon [http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/vexicat/brigades/bi_brigades.htm Associació Catalana Website] ] :
*Garibaldi Battalion - Italian and Spanish volunteers
*André Marty Battalion - Franco-Belgian volunteers (named after André Marty)
*Dabrowski Battalion also known as the Dombrowski Battalion - exiled Polish volunteers
*Thaelmann Battalion - German and Austrian volunteers (named after Ernst Thälmann)
*Figlio Battalion - Spanish volunteers
*Madrid Battalion - Spanish volunteers
*Prieto Battalion - volunteers
ee also
*International Brigades
*International Brigades order of battle
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