The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939

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The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936?1939

This is a long-awaited translation of a definitive account of the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Michael Alpert examines the origins, formation and performance of the Republican Army and sets the Spanish Civil War in its broader military context. He explores the conflicts between communists and Spanish anarchists about how the war should be fought as well as the experience of individual conscripts, problems of food, clothing, arms and the role of women in the new army. The book contains extensive discussion of international aspects, particularly the role of the International Brigades and of the Soviet Russian advisers. Lastly, it discusses the final uprising of professional Republican officers against the Government and the almost unconditional surrender to Franco. Professor Alpert also provides detailed statistics for the military forces available to Franco and to the Republic and biographies of the key figures on both sides.

m i c h a e l a l p e r t is Emeritus Professor of the History of Spain at the University of Westminster.

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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02873-9 - The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936?1939 Michael Alpert Frontmatter More information

Other works on the Spanish Civil War by the author

La guerra civil espa?ola en el mar, Madrid: Siglo Veintiuno, 1987; rev. edn Barcelona: Editorial Cr?tica, 2008 A New International History of the Spanish Civil War, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 1994; rev. edn 2004. Translated as Aguas Peligrosas: Nueva Historia Internacional de la Guerra Civil Espa?ola, Madrid: Akal, 1998

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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02873-9 - The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936?1939 Michael Alpert Frontmatter More information

The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936?1939

Michael Alpert

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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02873-9 - The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936?1939 Michael Alpert Frontmatter More information

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Information on this title: 9781107028739

Original title: El Ej?rcito Popular de la Rep?blica, 1936?1939

? Michael Alpert, 2007 ? Editorial Critica, S. L. Avda. Diagonal 662-664, Barcelona 08034 (Spain)

This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.

First published in Spanish by Editorial Critica, S. L. 2007 First published in English by Cambridge University Press 2013

Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by the MPG Books Group

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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Alpert, Michael, 1936? author.

[Ej?rcito Popular de la Rep?blica, 1936?1939. English] The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936?1939 / Michael Alpert.

p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-107-02873-9 (hardback) 1. Spain?History?Civil War, 1936?1939. 2. Spain. Ej?rcito Popular de la Rep?blica. I. Title. DP269.23.A47 2013 946.08142?dc23 2012035322

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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02873-9 - The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936?1939 Michael Alpert Frontmatter More information

Contents

List of maps List of tables Preface Archival sources Notes on the text List of abbreviations Maps

page vii viii ix xii xiii xiv xv

1 The Spanish Army in 1936

1

2 Military and paramilitary forces in Spain

on 18 July 1936

17

3 The militia months: July?December 1936

29

4 Militarisation

59

5 Professional officers in the Republican Army

85

6 A new officer corps

118

7 The experience of individuals

157

8 The political commissars

174

9 The communists, the anarchists and the

Republican Army

202

10 International aspects

219

11 Reorganisation

258

12 The Casado uprising

275

Conclusions

303

Appendix 1: Unit establishments of the Republican Army

315

Appendix 2: History of the 2nd Mixed Brigade

317

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