Lincoln Battalion

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International Brigades unit military unit volunteer military formation

The Lincoln Battalion was a unit of American volunteers in the International Brigades that fought for the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Abraham Lincoln Battalion	1
Lincoln Battalion canonical	1
Lincoln Brigade	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	International Brigades unit ⓘ military unit ⓘ volunteer military formation ⓘ
activeDuring	1937 ⓘ 1938 ⓘ
allegiance	Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
alsoKnownAs	Lincoln Battalion ⓘ surface form: Abraham Lincoln Battalion Lincoln Battalion ⓘ surface form: Lincoln Brigade
associatedWith	American anti-fascist movement ⓘ
casualties	high proportion of its volunteers ⓘ
commandedBy	Milton Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Law ⓘ
composedOf	American volunteers ⓘ
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
disbandedBecause	withdrawal of International Brigades from Spain ⓘ
disbandedIn	1938 ⓘ
engagedInBattle	Battle of Belchite ⓘ Battle of Brunete ⓘ Battle of Jarama ⓘ Battle of Teruel ⓘ Battle of the Ebro ⓘ surface form: Ebro offensive
formedIn	1937 ⓘ
foughtAlongside	British Battalion ⓘ surface form: British Battalion of the International Brigades Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion ⓘ
historicalSignificance	symbol of American anti-fascist involvement abroad ⓘ
ideologyOfManyVolunteers	anti-fascist ⓘ communist ⓘ left-wing ⓘ socialist ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
legacyIn	United States political and cultural history ⓘ
militaryBranch	infantry ⓘ
namedAfter	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
notableVolunteer	Alvah Bessie ⓘ Irving Goff ⓘ Milton Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Law ⓘ
operatedUnder	command structure of the International Brigades ⓘ
opposed	Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
partOf	International Brigades ⓘ
politicalSupportNetwork	Communist Party USA ⓘ left-wing organizations in the United States ⓘ
recruitmentBase	Canadian volunteers ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
rememberedFor	heavy losses in combat ⓘ volunteerism in defense of the Spanish Republic ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Spain ⓘ
typeOfUnit	battalion ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Battalion → foughtAlongside → Lincoln Battalion ⓘ

Lincoln Battalion → alsoKnownAs → Lincoln Battalion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abraham Lincoln Battalion

Lincoln Battalion → alsoKnownAs → Lincoln Battalion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lincoln Brigade