Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade

In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie began to serve in mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file. One, the Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade "Blue Arrows" first served in Extremadura from April 1937 to the end of the War in the North.

Order of Battle, April 1937

Flechas Azules Brigade - Col. Mario Guassardo
* 1st Regimient
** 1st Battalion
** 2nd Battalion
** 3rd Battalion
* 2nd Regimient
** 1st Battalion
** 2nd Battalion
** 3rd Battalion
* Assault Battalion
** 1st Company
** 2nd Company
* Artillery Group
** X Group 75/27
** Battery 20mm AA

Order of Battle, Aragon Front 1938

Flechas Azules Brigade - Col. Mario Guassardo
* 3rd Regimient
** 1st Battalion
** 2nd Battalion
** 3rd Battalion
** Battery 65/17
* 4th Regimient
** 1st Battalion
** 2nd Battalion
** 3rd Battalion
** Battery 65/17
* Assault Battalion "As"
* Artillery Group
** Xº Group de 75/27
** Bía de 20mm
** Bía de 37mm
* Engineer Company
* Military Police Section
* Intendencia Section
* Sanitation Section
* Division Truck Unit

The Flechas Azules Brigade was later used to form the Flechas Verdes Division and Flechas Azules Division in late 1938.

See also

* Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade

Source

*de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936-1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 ISBN 84-87690-33-5