Battle of Guadalajara order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Battle of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War.

Nationalists

• División Soria – General José 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
  • III Brigade – Colonel Los Arcos (sent to be a reserve, not involved in the battle)

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

Republicans

IV Army Corps – Lt. Col. Enrique Jurado Barrio

• 11th Division – Enrique Líster
• 12th Division – Víctor Lacalle [es] (replaced by Nino Nanetti [es] after three days)^[1]
• 14th Division – Cipriano Mera
• 42nd Mixed Brigade (Flank guard)
• 1st Mobile Brigade – Valentín González
  • 1st Battalion
  • 2nd Battalion
  • 3rd Battalion
  • 4th Battalion
• 33rd Mixed Brigade – Comandante Mulet
  • Batallón Teruel
  • Batallón 1st de Mayo
  • Batallón Madrid
  • Batallón 11th Regiment
  • Batallón 9th Regiment
• 1st Cavalry Brigade – Comandante Aguado
  • 1st Regiment
    • 1st Squadron Group – Captain Jose Gonzalez Caparras
    • 2nd Squadron Group – Captain Isidoro Infantes Rico
  • 2nd Regiment "Jesus Hernandez" – Comandante Cruz
    • Cavalry Squadron of the XII Mixed Brigade
• 6 Fortification Battalions

References

1. Beevor, Antony. The Spanish Civil War. p. 158. ISBN 0-911745-11-4

Sources

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