Catalan militias

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Catalan militias were irregular leftist and anarchist volunteer units from Catalonia that played a key role fighting for the Spanish Republic during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Catalan militias canonical 1
Catalan urban militias 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anarchist militia
irregular military formation
left-wing militia
military unit
volunteer unit
basedIn Barcelona
commandStructure largely self-managed
conflict Spanish Civil War
convertedInto People's Army of the Republic
country Second Spanish Republic
endTime 1937
equipment light infantry weapons
goal defeat of the military uprising of July 1936
defense of the Spanish Republic
hasCharacteristic irregular organization
strong political indoctrination
hasPart CNT-FAI militias
Confederal militias
ERC militias
POUM militias
PSUC militias
ideology anarchism
anti-fascism
left-wing politics
language Catalan
Spanish
location Catalonia
notableBattle Aragon Offensive
surface form: Aragon front

Battle of Monte Pelado
Belchite operations
Battle of Catalonia
surface form: Defense of Barcelona (1936)

Huesca offensive
surface form: Huesca operations
opposedTo Francoist military forces
surface form: Francoist forces

Nationalist faction (Spain)
surface form: Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)
organizedBy CNT
ERC
FAI
POUM
PSUC
partOf Republican faction in the Spanish Civil War
surface form: Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)
politicalAlignment Republican
process militarization of Republican militias
recruitment voluntary enlistment
region Northeastern Spain
socialBase industrial workers
leftist activists
peasants
startTime 1936
timePeriod early stages of the Spanish Civil War

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Republican forces hasPart Catalan militias
Guerra dels Segadors participant Catalan militias
this entity surface form: Catalan urban militias