Global InformationGastone Sozzi Centuria information
| Gastone Sozzi Centuria | |
|---|---|
 Commemorative flag of the unit | |
| Active | 1936 |
| Country | Italian |
| Allegiance |  Spain |
| Type | Centuria - Infantry |
| Role | Home Defence |
| Size | 100 |
| Engagements | Battle of Madrid |
The Gastone Sozzi Centuria (Spanish: Centuria Gastone Sozzi) was a Communist unit raised in Barcelona by Italian and Catalan volunteers who, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, went to the defence of Madrid, besieged by the Rebel Army. The name of the unit was in honour of Italian communist Gastone Sozzi, assassinated in 1928 by Fascist Blackshirts.[1]
- ^ Thomas, Hugh (2012). The Spanish Civil War (50th Anniversary ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-141-01161-5.