International Brigades

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The International Brigades were volunteer military units composed largely of foreign anti-fascist fighters who traveled to Spain to support the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military formation
transnational political movement
volunteer military unit
alsoKnownAs International Brigades
surface form: Brigadas Internacionales
conflict Spanish Civil War
country Second Spanish Republic
countryOfOrigin Spain
dissolved 1938
endTime 1938
engagedIn Battle of Belchite
Battle of Brunete
Battle of Guadalajara
Battle of Jarama
Battle of the Ebro
estimatedNumberOfParticipants 30000
60000
hasPart International Brigades self-linksurface differs
surface form: XI International Brigade

International Brigades self-linksurface differs
surface form: XII International Brigade

International Brigades self-linksurface differs
surface form: XIII International Brigade

International Brigades self-linksurface differs
surface form: XIV International Brigade

International Brigades self-linksurface differs
surface form: XV International Brigade
headquartersLocation Albacete
ideology anti-fascism
communism
republicanism
socialism
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
motto ¡No pasarán!
notableCommander André Marty
Hans Kahle
János Gálicz
Luigi Longo
Manfred Stern
notableUnit International Brigades self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abraham Lincoln Battalion

British Battalion
Garibaldi Battalion
Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion
Garibaldi Battalion
surface form: Thaelmann Battalion
opposedTo Nationalist faction (Spain)
surface form: Spanish Nationalists

fascism
organizedBy Comintern
surface form: Communist International

Communist Party of Spain
surface form: Spanish Communist Party
partOf Spanish Republicans
surface form: Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)
recruitedFrom Argentina
Canada
Czechoslovakia
France
Germany
Italy
Mexico
Poland
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States

Yugoslavia
startTime 1936

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Nat Cohen memberOf International Brigades
Retirada (mass flight to France in early 1939) participant International Brigades
subject surface form: Retirada
this entity surface form: International Brigades veterans
Lincoln Battalion partOf International Brigades
Thälmann Battalion partOf International Brigades
Thälmann Battalion partOf International Brigades
this entity surface form: XI International Brigade
Ebro front supportedBy International Brigades
Tom Wintringham memberOf International Brigades
Fred Copeman participantIn International Brigades
Fred Copeman militaryBranch International Brigades
Christopher Caudwell militaryBranch International Brigades
John Cornford militaryBranch International Brigades
Red Army units notableUnit International Brigades
this entity surface form: International Brigades of the Red Army
Popular Army of the Republic hasPart International Brigades
Popular Army of the Republic supportedBy International Brigades
this entity surface form: International Brigades volunteers
Jock Cunningham militaryBranch International Brigades
Jock Cunningham movement International Brigades
George Nathan servedIn International Brigades
Spain in Our Hearts portrays International Brigades
Battle of Teruel involvedForce International Brigades
Belchite offensive involvedUnit International Brigades
this entity surface form: XI International Brigade
Mac-Paps partOf International Brigades
subject surface form: Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion