"Abraham Lincoln Brigade" redirects here. For the battalion, see Lincoln Battalion.
XV International Brigade Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Active
1936–1939
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United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia, France, Belgium, and Cuba
Allegiance
Spain
Branch
International Brigades
Type
Mixed Brigade – Infantry
Role
Home Defence
Size
Four battalions: the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th (January 1937)
Part of
35th Division (1937–1939)
Garrison/HQ
Albacete, Barcelona
Nickname(s)
Brigada Abraham Lincoln
March
Jarama Valley and Viva la XV Brigada
Engagements
Spanish Civil War
Battle of Jarama
Battle of Brunete
Battle of Belchite
Battle of Teruel
Aragon Withdrawal
Battle of Gandesa
Battle of the Ebro
Commanders
Notable commanders
Janos Galicz Vladimir Ćopić Robert Hale Merriman Milton Wolff Veli Dedi
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The Abraham Lincoln Brigade (Spanish: Brigada Abraham Lincoln), officially the XV International Brigade (XV Brigada Internacional), was a mixed brigade that fought for the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War as a part of the International Brigades.
The brigade mustered at Albacete in Spain, in January 1937, comprising mainly English-speaking volunteers – arranged into the mostly British Saklatvala Battalion and the mostly North American Lincoln Battalion. It also included two non-English-speaking battalions, the Balkan Dimitrov Battalion and the Franco-Belgian Sixth February Battalion. It fought at Jarama, Brunete, Boadilla, Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel and the Ebro River.
The brigade's songs were "Jarama Valley" and "Viva la Quince Brigada".[1]
^Viva la Quinta Brigada was misnamed in the 1970s song "Viva la Quinta Brigada" by Christy Moore.
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