- Source: Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade
In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie began to serve in mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file. One, the Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade "Blue Arrows" first served in Extremadura from April 1937 to the end of the War in the North.
Order of Battle, April 1937
Flechas Azules Brigade - Col. Mario Guassardo
1st Regimient
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
2nd Regimient
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
Assault Battalion
1st Company
2nd Company
Artillery Group
X Group 75/27
Battery 20mm AA
Order of Battle, Aragon Front 1938
Flechas Azules Brigade - Col. Mario Guassardo
3rd Regimient
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
Battery 65/17
4th Regimient
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
Battery 65/17
Assault Battalion "As"
Artillery Group
Xº Group de 75/27
Bía de 20mm
Bía de 37mm
Engineer Company
Military Police Section
Intendencia Section
Sanitation Section
Division Truck Unit
The Flechas Azules Brigade was later used to form the Flechas Verdes Division and Flechas Azules Division in late 1938.
See also
Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade
Sources
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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade
- Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade
- Flechas Azules Division
- Flechas Verdes Division
- Blue Arrow (disambiguation)
- Corpo Truppe Volontarie
- Spanish Air and Space Force
