Battle of Guadalajara order of battle
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This is the order of battle for the Battle of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War.
Nationalists
División Soria – General José Moscardó
I Brigade – Colonel Esteban Infantes (4,800 men employed in the Somosierra)
II Brigade – Colonel Marzo
1st Agrupación – Lieutenant Colonel Sotelo
Battalion de América
Battalion Bailén
Battalion Toledo
Battalion La Victoria
1 Compañía de carros
1 Artillery Group 75mm
2 Sections of Antitank Guns and antiaircraft 20mm,
1 Combat Engineer and Services Company
2nd Agrupación – Comandante Ibáñez de Aldecoa
Battalion Gerona
Tercio de Requetés de Burgos
11th Bandera de Falange
1 Artillery section 75mm
1 Artillery Group 77mm
1 Combat Engineer and Services Company
3rd Agrupación – Lieutenant Colonel Villalba
Battalion Aragón
Battalion San Quintín
1 Bandera de F. E. de Burgos-Alava
1 Artillery battery 75mm
1 Artillery battery 105mm
1 Combat Engineer and Services Company
Agrupación de Caballería – Comandante Pita Da Veiga
4 escuadrones de sables y una sección de armas automáticas.
Reserva del Mando
1 Artillery battery 155mm
1 Pontoonier Unit
III Brigade – Colonel Los Arcos (sent to be a reserve, not involved in the battle)
Corpo Truppe Volontarie – General de División Mario Roatta
4th Division "Littorio" (Lictor) – General de Brigada Annibale Bergonzoli
1st CCNN Division "Dio lo Vuole" ("God wants it") – General de Brigada Edmondo Rossi
2nd CCNN Division "Fiamme Nere" ("Black Flames") – General de Brigada Guido Amerigo Coppi
XXIII de Marzo Group
Attached artillery – Teniente Coronel Bottari
X Group 75/27 (3 batteries of 4 guns)
I Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
II Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
II Group 105/28 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
IV Group 149/12 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
Platoon of Combat Engineers
Artillery Park Section
3rd CCNN Division "Penne Nere" ("Black Feathers") – General de Brigada Luigi Nuvoloni
Tank and Armoured Cars Group
Corps Artillery – General de Brigada Ugo Zanotti
VIII Group 75/27 (3 batteries of 4 guns)
VII Group 75/27 (3 batteries of 4 guns)
III Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
IV Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
V Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
VI Group 100/17 (2 batteries of 4 guns)
II Group 105/28 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
IV Group 105/28 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
I Group 149/12 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
III Grupo de 149/12 (2 batteries of 3 guns)
75mm Battery C.K.
AA Battery 20mm
Engineer Section
Artillery Park Section
Engineer Group – General de Brigada Michele Molinari
1 Mixed Company (vehicle repair)
1 Radio and Signal Company
Independent Radio and Signal unit
Interception unit
Republicans
IV Army Corps – Lt. Col.
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