- Source: Flechas Negras Division
Flechas Negras Division was a division of the Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. The name means "Black Arrows" in Spanish.
It was a Blackshirts division created when the Flechas Division was further strengthened with support units and renamed. It served in the Catalonia Offensive, the final offensive of the Spanish Civil War. Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie served in these mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file.
Order of battle
Flechas Negras Division - Col. Valentino Babini
1st Regiment
1st Battalion "Monte Jata"
2nd Battalion "Bermeo"
3rd Battalion "Munguia"
Battery of 65/17
2nd Regiment
1st Battalion "Peña Amarilla"
2nd Battalion "Santoña"
3rd Battalion "Algorta"
Battery of 65/17
Fusilier Battalion "Laredo"
Independent Fusilier Battalion
Battalion de maquinas
1st Machinegun Company
2nd Machinegun Company
3rd Machinegun Company
4th Mortar Company
Auto Company
Artillery Regiment
Group of 65/17
Group of 75/27 "Vizcaya"
Group of 100/17
20mm Battery
Engineer Battalion
Logistics Company
See also
Flechas Azules Division
Flechas Verdes Division
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 Negras Division
- Flechas Division
- Flechas Azules Division
- Flechas Verdes Division
- Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade
- Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade
- Corpo Truppe Volontarie
- Aragon Offensive
- Valentino Babini
- Assane Diao
