The Rosal Column was a republican militia column created during the Spanish Civil War. It was the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo's (CNT) largest unit, with 835 men, in 1936.[1]
Rosal Column | |
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Columna Rosal | |
Country | Spanish Republic |
Type | Militia |
Role | Home defense |
Size | 2,300 |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Francisco del Rosal Rico, Cipriano Mera, Eusebio Sanz |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Alpert, Michael (28 February 2013). The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-32857-0.
Bibliography
edit- Octavio Ruiz Manjón-Cabeza, The Second Republic and the war.
- Víctor de la Vega Almagro, Artistic treasure and civil war: the case of Cuenca.
- Cipriano Mera, War, exile and prison of an anarcho-syndicalist. Iberian Roll, 1976.
- Eduardo de Guzmán, Red and Black Madrid. Oberon, 2004.