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XV International Brigade
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Active1936–1939
CountryUnited States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia, France, Belgium, and Cuba
Allegiance Spain
Branch International Brigades
TypeMixed Brigade – Infantry
RoleHome Defence
SizeFour battalions: the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th (January 1937)
Part of35th Division (1937–1939)
Garrison/HQAlbacete, Barcelona
Nickname(s)Brigada Abraham Lincoln
MarchJarama Valley and Viva la XV Brigada
EngagementsSpanish 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

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]

  1. ^ Viva la Quinta Brigada was misnamed in the 1970s song "Viva la Quinta Brigada" by Christy Moore.

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