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XIV International Brigade
La Marseillaise
Active1936–1939
CountryMostly France and Belgium
Allegiance Spain
Branch International Brigades
TypeMixed Brigade - Infantry
RoleHome Defence
Part of35th Division (1937-1938)
45th Division (1938)
Garrison/HQAlbacete
Nickname(s)La Marsellesa
EngagementsSpanish Civil War
  • Battle of Lopera
  • Second Battle of the Corunna Road
  • Battle of Jarama
  • Segovia Offensive
  • Aragon Withdrawal
  • Battle of the Ebro
Commanders
Notable
commanders
General Walter
Jules Dumont
Joseph Putz
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The XIV International Brigade was one of several international brigades that fought for the Spanish Second Republic during the Spanish Civil War.

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river undetected and crept up to the positions of the Republican XIV International Brigade near the Pindoque railway bridge at Vaciamadrid. As they had learned...

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Henri Vuilleman Battalion

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Louise Michel battalions

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Segovia Offensive

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towards Cabeza Grande, threatening the Segovia Road, although the XIV International Brigade suffered appalling casualties. The Republican advance reached...

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Company of the French-speaking Marseillaise Battalion, part of the XIV International Brigade. They fought on the Córdoba front during December, and on the...

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Martinez Monje. The XIV International Brigade was sent to the Córdoba front. On 24 December the 9th company of the XIV International Brigade (600 men) was decimated...

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Second Battle of the Corunna Road

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contact and no ammunition, Miaja tried to regroup Lister's brigade and the XIV International Brigade as best as possible. The Nationalist columns reached the...

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Polish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

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Lopera

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during the Nationalist's Aceituna offensive. On 27 December, the XIV International Brigade launched an attack in order to occupy the Nationalist-held town...

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Henri Barbusse

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Aldo Morandi

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