28th Division
28.ª División
Active28 April 1937 - 27 March 1939
Disbanded27 March 1939
Country Spanish Republic
AllegianceRepublican faction
Branch Spanish Republican Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Commanders
1937-1938Gregorio Jover
1938-1939Juan Mayordomo Moreno

The 28th Division was one of the divisions of the Spanish Republican Army that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. It was deployed on the Aragon and Segre fronts.

History

The unit was created in April 1937 from the old Ascaso Column, commanded by the anarchist Gregorio Jover.[1][2] The new 28th Division, in addition to the forces coming from the «Ascaso» column, had also absorbed the remains of other militia forces and became composed of 125th, 126th and 127th mixed brigades; continued under Jover's command.[3][4]

The 28th Division remained on the Aragon front for much of the war. In June 1937 it took part in the unsuccessful Huesca Offensive, and at the end of August one of its units - the 127th MB - took part in the Zaragoza Offensive. In February 1938 it took part in the Battle of Alfambra. During the subsequent offensive on the Aragon front, the unit undertook several withdrawals in the face of enemy pressure. It took part in the Levante Offensive integrated in the 13th Army Corps,[5] being later transferred to the Estremadura front, where it participated in the Battle of Merida pocket. After Gregorio Jover was promoted to command of the 10th Army Corps, on August 11 Juan Mayordomo Moreno took command of the division.[6] In January 1939, the unit participated in the Battle of Valsequillo, integrated into the Toral Group.[7]

Commanders

Commanders
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Chief of Staff

Battles

Dates Attached Army Corps Integrated Mixed Brigades Battle front
May–June 1937 10th 125th, 126th and 127th Aragón
December 1937 21st 125th, 126th and 127th Aragón
April 1938 13th 125th, 126th and 127th Levante
August 1938 7th 125th, 126th and 127th Estremadura

See also

References

  1. ^ Maldonado 2007, p. 171.
  2. ^ Gabriel 2011, p. 331.
  3. ^ Casanova 1985, p. 114.
  4. ^ Maldonado 2007, p. 170.
  5. ^ Navarro 2010, p. 68.
  6. ^ a b Engel 1999, p. 211.
  7. ^ Salas Larrazábal 2006, p. 3050.
  8. ^ Alpert 2013, p. 338.
  9. ^ Thomas 1976, p. 594.
  10. ^ Martínez Bande 1985, p. 38.
  11. ^ Álvarez 1989, p. 180.

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