Order of Battle: Battle of Guadalajara
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Order of Battle for the Spanish Civil War Battle of Guadalajara involving the primarily the forces of the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie on the Nationalist side.
[edit] Nationalists
Corpo Truppe Volontarie - General de División Mario Roatta
- 4th Division "Littorio" (Lictor)- General de Brigada Annibale Bergonzoli
- 1st CCNN Division "Dio lo Vuole" ("God wants it")- General de Brigada Edmondo Rossi
- 2nd CCNN Division "Fiamme Nere" ("Black Flames") - General de Brigada Guido Amerigo Coppi
- XXIII de Marzo Group
- Attached artillery - Teniente Coronel Bottari
- X Group 75/27 (3 batteries of 4 guns)
- I Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- II Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- II Group 105/28 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- IV Group 149/12 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- Platoon of Combat Engineers
- Artillery Park Section
- 3rd CCNN Division "Penne Nere" ("Black Feathers") - General de Brigada Luigi Nuvoloni
- Tank and Armoured Cars Group
- Corps Artillery - General de Brigada Ugo Zanotti
- VIII Group 75/27 (3 batteries of 4 guns)
- VII Group 75/27 (3 batteries of 4 guns)
- III Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- IV Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- V Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- VI Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
- II Group 105/28 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- IV Group 105/28 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- I Group 149/12 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- III Grupo de 149/12 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
- 75mm Battery C.K.
- AA Battery 20mm
- Engineer Section
- Artillery Park Section
- Engineer Group - General de Brigada Michele Molinari
- 1 Mixed Company (vehicle repair)
- 1 Radio and Signal Company
- Independent Radio and Signal unit
- Interception unit
- Heavy Truck Unit
- Services - Coronel Francesco Rippa.
- Aviación legionaria - General Vincenzo Velardi
- División Soria - General Moscardó
- I Brigade - Colonel Esteban Infantes (4,800 men employed in the Somosierra)
- II Brigade - Colonel Marzo
- 1st Agrupación - Lieutenant Colonel Sotelo
- Battalion de América
- Battalion Bailén
- Battalion Toledo
- Battalion La Victoria
- 1 Compañía de carros
- 1 Artillery Group 75mm
- 2 Sections of Antitank Guns and antiaircraft 20mm,
- 1 Combat Engineer and Services Company
- 2nd Agrupación - Comandante Ibáñez de Aldecoa)
- Battalion Gerona
- Tercio de Requetés de Burgos
- 11th Bandera de Falange
- 1 Artillery section 75mm
- 1 Artillery Group 77mm
- 1 Combat Engineer and Services Company
- 3rd Agrupación - Lieutenant Colonel Villalba
- Battalion Aragón
- Battalion San Quintín
- 1 Bandera de F. E. de Burgos-Alava
- 1 Artillery battery 75mm
- 1 Artillery battery 105mm
- 1 Combat Engineer and Services Company
- Agrupación de Caballería - Comandante Pita Da Veiga
- 4 escuadrones de sables y una sección de armas automáticas.
- Reserva del Mando
- 1 Artillery battery 155mm
- 1 Pontoonier Unit
- 1st Agrupación - Lieutenant Colonel Sotelo
- III Brigade - Colonel Los Arcos (sent to be a reserve, not involved in the battle)
[edit] Republic
IV Army Corps - Lt. Col. Enrique Jurado Barrio
- 11th Division - Enrique Lister
- 12th Division - Nino Nanetti
- 14th Division - Cipriano Mera
- 42nd Mixed Brigade - ? (Flank guard)
- 1st Mobile Brigade - Valentin Gonzalez "El Campesino"
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 33rd Mixed Brigade - Comandante Mulet
- Batallion Teruel
- Batallion 1st de Mayo
- Batallion Madrid
- Batallion 11th Regimient
- Batallion 9th Regimient
- 1st Cavalry Brigade - Comandante Aguado
- 1st Regimient -
- 1st Squadron Group - Captain Jose Gonzalez Caparras
- 2nd Squadron Group - Captain Isidoro Infantes Rico
- 2nd Regimient "Jesus Hernandez" - Comandante Cruz
- Cavalry Squadron of the XII Mixed Brigade
- 1st Regimient -
- 6 Fortification Battalions
[edit] 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
