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11th Division (Spain)

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The 11th Division (11ª División)Carlos Engel, Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República, 1999 was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. [1]

89 relations: Allies of World War II, Antonio Aranda, Aragon, Aragon Offensive, Axis powers, Barcelona, Batea, Tarragona, Battle of Belchite (1937), Battle of Brunete, Battle of Guadalajara, Battle of Jarama, Battle of Teruel, Battle of the Ebro, Battle of the Segre, Beneixama, Benifallet, Bot, Tarragona, Bridgehead, Brunete, BT tank, Castelldans, Catalonia, Catalonia Offensive, Cipriano Mera, Close combat, Comarca, Corpo Truppe Volontarie, Counter-offensive, Cuba, Division (military), Ebro, Enrique Líster, Fifth Regiment, France, Fuentes de Ebro, Gandesa, Ginestar, Guadalajara, Castilla–La Mancha, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Indalecio Prieto, Infantry, International Brigades, Internment camps in France, Jarama, Joaquín Ascaso Budria, Juan Modesto, Karol Świerczewski, Kingdom of Italy, Laureate Plate of Madrid, Les Borges Blanques, ..., Madrid, Main line of resistance, Móra d'Ebre, Mediterranean Sea, Miguel García Vivancos, Military reserve, Military reserve force, Mixed brigade, Muga (river), Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Pablo Neruda, Quebec, Rearguard, Regional Defence Council of Aragon, Republican Left (Spain), Ribera d'Ebre, Santiago Álvarez Gómez, Segre (river), Serra de Cavalls, Serra de Pàndols, Siege of Madrid, Spain, Spanish Civil War, Spanish Legion, Spanish Republican Armed Forces, Spanish Republican Army, Ter (river), Teruel, Tordera (river), Valencia, Valentín González, World War II, XI International Brigade, XII International Brigade, Zaragoza, Zaragoza Offensive, 11th Division (Spain), 1st Mixed Brigade, 35th Division (Spain). Expand index (39 more) »

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).

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Antonio Aranda

Antonio Aranda Mata (1888, Leganés - 1979, Madrid) was a military officer who fought on side of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.

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Aragon

Aragon (or, Spanish and Aragón, Aragó or) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon.

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Aragon Offensive

The Aragon Offensive it was an important military campaign during the Spanish Civil War, which began after the Battle of Teruel.

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Axis powers

The Axis powers (Achsenmächte; Potenze dell'Asse; 枢軸国 Sūjikukoku), also known as the Axis and the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city in Spain.

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Batea, Tarragona

Batea is a municipality in the comarca of Terra Alta, Catalonia, Spain.

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Battle of Belchite (1937)

The Battle of Belchite refers to a series of military operations that took place between 24 August and 7 September 1937, in and around the small town of Belchite, in Aragon during the Spanish Civil War.

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Battle of Brunete

The Battle of Brunete (6–25 July 1937), fought west of Madrid, was a Republican attempt to alleviate the pressure exerted by the Nationalists on the capital and on the north during the Spanish Civil War.

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Battle of Guadalajara

The Battle of Guadalajara (March 8–23, 1937) saw the People's Republican Army (Ejército Popular Republicano, or EPR) defeat Italian and Nationalist forces attempting to encircle Madrid during the Spanish Civil War.

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Battle of Jarama

The Battle of Jarama (February 6–27, 1937) was an attempt by General Francisco Franco's Nationalists to dislodge the Republican lines along the river Jarama, just east of Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War.

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Battle of Teruel

The Battle of Teruel was fought in and around the city of Teruel during the Spanish Civil War.

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Battle of the Ebro

The Battle of the Ebro (Batalla del Ebro, Batalla de l'Ebre) was the longest and largest battle of the Spanish Civil War.

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Battle of the Segre

The Battle of Segre is the collective name of a series of battles that took place along the Segre River between 4 April 1938 and the 3 January 1939, during the Spanish Civil War after the Nationalist Faction had broken the lines of the Spanish Republican Army in the Aragon Offensive.

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Beneixama

Beneixama (. Benejama) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Vinalopó in the north of Alicante province, Valencian Community, Spain.

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Benifallet

Benifallet is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Ebre, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain.

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Bot, Tarragona

Bot is a town located in the comarca of Terra Alta, province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain.

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Bridgehead

A bridgehead (or bridge-head) is the strategically important area of ground around the end of a bridge or other place of possible crossing over a body of water which at time of conflict is sought to be defended/taken over by the belligerent forces.

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Brunete

Brunete is a town located on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain with a population of 10,730 people.

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BT tank

The BT tanks (translit, lit. "fast moving tank" or "high-speed tank") were a series of Soviet light tanks produced in large numbers between 1932 and 1941.

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Castelldans

Castelldans is a village in the province of Lleida and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

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Catalonia

Catalonia (Catalunya, Catalonha, Cataluña) is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.

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Catalonia Offensive

The Catalonia Offensive (La Ofensiva de Cataluña) was part of the Spanish Civil War.

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Cipriano Mera

Cipriano Mera Sanz (November 4, 1897 – October 24, 1975) was a Spanish military and political figure during the Second Spanish Republic.

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Close combat

Close combat means a violent physical confrontation between two or more opponents at short range.

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Comarca

A comarca (or, pl. comarcas; or, pl. comarques) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies: Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil.

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Corpo Truppe Volontarie

The Corps of Volunteer Troops (Corpo Truppe Volontarie, CTV) was a Fascist Italian expeditionary force which was sent to Spain to support the Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco against the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–39.

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Counter-offensive

A counter-offensive is the term used by the military to describe large-scale, usually strategic offensive operations by forces that had successfully halted the enemy's offensive, while occupying defensive positions.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers.

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Ebro

The Ebro in English (also in Spanish, Aragonese and Basque: 'Ebre') is one of the most important rivers on the Iberian Peninsula.

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Enrique Líster

Enrique Líster Forján (April 21, 1907 – December 8, 1994) was a Spanish communist politician and military officer.

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Fifth Regiment

The Fifth Regiment (Quinto Regimiento, full name Quinto Regimiento de Milicias Populares), was an elite corps loyal to the Spanish Republic at the onset of the Spanish Civil War.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Fuentes de Ebro

Fuentes de Ebro (Fuents d’Ebro) is a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.

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Gandesa

Gandesa is the capital of the comarca of Terra Alta, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Ginestar

Ginestar is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Guadalajara, Castilla–La Mancha

Guadalajara is a city and municipality in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain, and in the natural region of La Alcarria.

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Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton

Hugh Swynnerton Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (21 October 1931 – 7 May 2017) was an English historian, writer and life peer in the House of Lords.

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Indalecio Prieto

Indalecio Prieto Tuero (30 April 1883 – 11 February 1962) was a Spanish politician, a minister and one of the leading figures of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the years before and during the Second Spanish Republic.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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International Brigades

The International Brigades (Brigadas Internacionales) were paramilitary units set up by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War.

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Internment camps in France

There were internment camps and concentration camps in France before, during and after World War II.

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Jarama

Jarama is a river in central Spain.

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Joaquín Ascaso Budria

Joaquín Ascaso Budria (Zaragoza, c. 1906/1907 – Caracas, March 1977) was an anarcho syndicalist and President of the Regional Defence Council of Aragon between 1936 and 1937.

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Juan Modesto

Juan Guilloto León, usually referred to as Modesto or Juan Modesto (24 September 1906 – 16 April 1969), was a Republican army officer during the Spanish Civil War.

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Karol Świerczewski

Karol Wacław Świerczewski (callsign Walter; 22 February 1897 – 28 March 1947) was an ethnic Pole serving as the Red Army general.

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Kingdom of Italy

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state which existed from 1861—when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy—until 1946—when a constitutional referendum led civil discontent to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.

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Laureate Plate of Madrid

The Laureate Badge of Madrid (Placa Laureada de Madrid) was the highest military award for gallantry of the Second Spanish Republic.

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Les Borges Blanques

Les Borges Blanques is the capital of the comarca of Les Garrigues, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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Main line of resistance

A main line of resistance (MLR) is the most important defensive position of an army facing an opposing force over an extended front.

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Móra d'Ebre

Móra d'Ebre is the capital of the ''comarca'' of the Ribera d'Ebre in Catalonia, Spain.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Miguel García Vivancos

Miguel García Vivancos (April 19, 1895 in Mazarrón, Region of Murcia – January 23, 1972 in Córdoba) was a Spanish Naïve painter and anarchist.

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Military reserve

A military reserve, reserve formation, or simply reserve, is a group of military personnel or units which are initially not committed to a battle by their commander so that they are available to address unforeseen situations or exploit sudden opportunities.

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Military reserve force

A military reserve force is a military organisation composed of citizens of a country who combine a military role or career with a civilian career.

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Mixed brigade

A mixed brigade (brigada mixta) was a tactical military formation of the Spanish Republican Army following the coup of July 1936 and the onset of the Spanish Civil War.

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Muga (river)

The Muga is a river in Catalonia, Spain, that rises in the Alberes mountains of the eastern Pyrenees and enters the Mediterranean Sea at the Gulf of Roses.

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Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)

The Nationalist faction (Bando nacional) or Rebel faction (Bando sublevado) was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939.

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Pablo Neruda

Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda, was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Rearguard

A rearguard is that part of a military force that protects it from attack from the rear, either during an advance or withdrawal.

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Regional Defence Council of Aragon

No description.

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Republican Left (Spain)

The Republican Left (Izquierda Republicana) was a Spanish left-wing republican party founded in 1934.

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Ribera d'Ebre

Ribera d'Ebre is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain.

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Santiago Álvarez Gómez

Santiago Álvarez Gómez (1913–2002) was a Spanish communist and founder of the Communist Party of Galicia.

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Segre (river)

The Segre (Sègre) is a river tributary to the Ebro (Ebre in Catalan) with a basin comprising territories across three states: France, Andorra and Spain.

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Serra de Cavalls

Serra de Cavalls is a mountain chain located at the southern end of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range, Catalonia, Spain.

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Serra de Pàndols

Serra de Pàndols is a limestone mountain chain located at the southern end of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range, in Catalonia, Spain.

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Siege of Madrid

The Siege of Madrid was a two and a half year siege of the Spanish capital city of Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española),Also known as The Crusade (La Cruzada) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War (Cuarta Guerra Carlista) among Carlists, and The Rebellion (La Rebelión) or Uprising (Sublevación) among Republicans.

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Spanish Legion

The Spanish Legion (Legión Española, La Legión), informally known as the Tercio or the Tercios, is a unit of the Spanish Army and Spain's Rapid Reaction Force.

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Spanish Republican Armed Forces

The Spanish Republican Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de la República Española) were initially formed by the following two branches of the military of the Second Spanish Republic.

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Spanish Republican Army

The Spanish Republican Army (Ejército de la República Española) was the main branch of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.

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Ter (river)

The Ter is a river in Catalonia (northeastern of the Iberian Peninsula) that rises in Ulldeter at an approximate elevation of, at the foot of a glacial cirque delimited by the nearby peaks of el Bastiments, el Gra de Fajol, or el Pic de la Dona.

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Teruel

Teruel is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province.

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Tordera (river)

The Tordera (La Tordera) is a river of Catalonia (Spain).

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Valencia

Valencia, officially València, on the east coast of Spain, is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 800,000 inhabitants in the administrative centre.

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Valentín González

Valentín González González (November 4, 1904 – October 20, 1983) was a Republican military commander during the Spanish Civil War.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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XI International Brigade

The XI International Brigade fought for the Spanish Second Republic in the Spanish Civil War.

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XII International Brigade

The XII International Brigade was mustered on 7 November 1936 at Albacete, Spain.

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Zaragoza

Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain.

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Zaragoza Offensive

The Zaragoza Offensive took place during the Spanish Civil War in 1937.

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11th Division (Spain)

The 11th Division (11ª División)Carlos Engel, Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República, 1999 was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War.

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1st Mixed Brigade

The First Mixed Brigade (1.ª Brigada Mixta), also known as Brigada Lister, was a mixed brigade of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War.

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35th Division (Spain)

The 35th Division (35.ª División)Carlos Engel, Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República, 1999, p. 301 was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War.

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Redirects here:

11th Division, Spanish Republican Army, 11th Popular Republican Army Division, C Division.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Division_(Spain)

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