Popular Army of the Republic

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The Popular Army of the Republic was the main regular military force of the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, formed to organize and coordinate its diverse militias against the Nationalist uprising.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces branch ⓘ
army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ejército Popular de la República ⓘ
Popular Army of the Republic ⓘ
surface form: Republican Popular Army
commandStructure Spanish Ministry of War ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of War of the Spanish Republic
conflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
disbandedFollowing Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
engagedIn Aragon Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Aragon Offensive (Republican)

Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Guadalajara (1937)

Battle of Jarama ⓘ
Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Battle of the Ebro ⓘ
Battle of Madrid ⓘ
surface form: Defense of Madrid
formedFrom Republican militias ⓘ
left-wing party militias ⓘ
trade union militias ⓘ
workers' militias ⓘ
hasPart International Brigades ⓘ
Mixed Brigades ⓘ
National Republican Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Republican Air Force units

Republican Army corps ⓘ
Republican Navy ground forces ⓘ
Republican brigades ⓘ
Republican divisions ⓘ
headquartersLocation Madrid ⓘ
ideology anti-fascism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
languageOfCommand Spanish ⓘ
location Spain ⓘ
militaryDoctrine combination of traditional Spanish Army doctrine and Soviet-inspired tactics ⓘ
notableCommander Enrique Líster ⓘ
José Miaja ⓘ
Juan Modesto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Juan Negrín ⓘ
Vicente Rojo Lluch ⓘ
opposedBy Nationalist Army ⓘ
surface form: Nationalist Army (Spain)

Nationalist faction (Spain) ⓘ
organizedBy Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Government of the Spanish Republic
partOf Spanish Republican Army ⓘ
surface form: Armed Forces of the Spanish Republic
politicalControl Popular Front (Spain) ⓘ
purpose centralize and coordinate Republican military forces ⓘ
defend the Spanish Republic against the Nationalist uprising ⓘ
startTime 1936 ⓘ
supportedBy International Brigades ⓘ
surface form: International Brigades volunteers

Mexico ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
timePeriod 1936–1939 ⓘ

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

Republican forces → hasPart → Popular Army of the Republic ⓘ
Battle of Santander → involves → Popular Army of the Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army of the North (Republican Spain)
Popular Army of the Republic → alsoKnownAs → Popular Army of the Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republican Popular Army
Republican Army of the East leadership → commanded → Popular Army of the Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republican Army units on the Aragon front
Republican offensives in Aragon → militaryBranch → Popular Army of the Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republican Popular Army