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Fifth militia column organized by the CNT-FAI in Barcelona and that was in front of Aragón

Red and Black Column
Columna Roja y Negra
Country Spanish Republic
Allegiance CNT
Branch Confederal militias
TypeMilitia
RoleHome defense
Size1,500
Garrison/HQSipan,
Igriés
EngagementsSpanish Civil War:
Aragon front
Commanders
Notable
commanders		García Pradas,
Luis Jiménez Pajarero
Military unit

The Red and Black Column was the fifth militia column organized by the CNT-FAI in Barcelona to send to the Aragon front. Its incorporation took place in mid-September, in the Province of Huesca as a reinforcement to the anarchist Ascaso and Harriers columns.

According to Alberto Bayo, the contingent formed with "militiamen from the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, a century of foreigners, young people from Estat Català, from the National Confederation of Labor, from the Republican Left of Catalonia, Acció Catalana and the Iberian Anarchist Federation".

See also

References

  1. Bayo, My landing in Mallorca , p. 66

Bibliography

  • Torralba Coronas, Pedro. From Ayerbe to Red and Black. 127 Mixed Brigade . Barcelona, 1980.
  • Rodrigo, Antonina. "María Lejárraga: a woman in the shade". Barcelona, 2005
  • Josep Massot i Muntaner. 'Of war and exile: Mallorca, Montserrat, France, Mexico, 1936-1975' . Barcelona, 2000
  • Pedreira, Josep. Catalan soldiers in the Red and Black (1936-1939) . Barcelona, 2003
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