This article is about the loyalist unit in the Spanish Civil War. For other military units, see 5th Regiment.
Fifth Regiment Quinto Regimiento
Active
1936 (1936)–1937 (1937)
Disbanded
20 January 1937
Country
Spain
Allegiance
Second Spanish Republic
Branch
MAOC
Type
Elite corps
Role
Model military unit
Size
20,000 (est. November 1936)
Headquarters
Madrid
March
El quinto regimiento
Engagements
Siege of Cuartel de la Montaña Battle of Guadarrama Battle of Talavera Siege of the Alcázar Defence of Madrid
Commanders
Notable commanders
Enrique Castro Delgado Vittorio Vidali Enrique Líster Juan Guilloto León
Insignia
Emblem
Badge
Military unit
The Fifth Regiment (Spanish: Quinto Regimiento, the full name Quinto Regimiento de Milicias Populares) was an elite corps loyal to the Spanish Republic at the onset of the Spanish Civil War. Made up of volunteers, the Fifth Regiment was active in the first critical phase of the war and became one of the most renowned units loyal to the Republic.[1]
The number of soldiers in the Fifth Regiment quickly rose from about 6,000 in August to over 20,000 in November 1936. This loyalist elite corps lasted only until the Spanish Republican Army was reorganized in the second year of the civil war, but in barely half a year it had managed to become one of the most famous units of the whole conflict.[1]
The Fifth Regiment used the desecrated building of the Church of San Francisco de Sales in Madrid as its headquarters. The mouthpiece of this military unit was the Milicia Popular newspaper[1] and its anthem the El quinto regimiento song.[2]
^ abcComín Colomer, Eduardo (1973); El 5º Regimiento de Milicias Populares. Madrid.
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