Basque Army

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The Basque Army was the military force organized by the autonomous Basque government to defend the Basque Country on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.

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Basque Army canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military force
allegiance Second Spanish Republic
associatedWith Basque autonomy movement
Basque nationalism
commandLanguage Basque
Spanish
commandStructure under Basque Government War Department
conflict Spanish Civil War
country Basque Country
disbandedAfter fall of the Basque front
disbandedAsResultOf Nationalist victory in northern front
establishedDuring Spanish Civil War
historicalRegion Basque Country
surface form: Euzkadi
ideology Republican
anti-Francoist
languageOfCommand Basque
Spanish
location Basque Country
notableBattle Battle of Bilbao
surface form: Battle of Vizcaya

Battle of Bilbao
surface form: Defense of Bilbao
operatedBy Basque Government
autonomous Basque government
operationalTheater Northern Campaign in the Spanish Civil War
surface form: Northern Front of the Spanish Civil War
partOf Republican forces
surface form: Republican Armed Forces
politicalContext Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country (1979)
surface form: Basque autonomy statute

Second Spanish Republic
primaryOpponents Francoist Spain
Nationalist forces
purpose defend Basque territory against Nationalist advance
recruitmentBase Basque population
Republican sympathizers in Basque Country
region Basque Country
surface form: Basque Autonomous Community

northern Spain
surface form: Northern Spain
role defense of Basque Country
ground warfare
territorial defense
sideInConflict Republican side
status defunct
timePeriod 1936
1937
Spanish Civil War period
typeOfOrganization autonomous community army
regional army
usedFlag Ikurriña
usedInsignia Basque symbols

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Republican forces hasPart Basque Army