Flechas Negras Division

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The Flechas Negras Division was a Nationalist Italian volunteer unit that fought for Franco’s forces during the Spanish Civil War.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian volunteer unit
military unit
mixed Italo-Spanish division
allegiance Francisco Franco
Nationalist faction (Spain)
associatedWith Francoist military forces
Fascio Littorio
surface form: Italian Blackshirts
conflict Spanish Civil War
country Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
formedAs Italian-Spanish mixed brigade
foughtFor Francoist Spain
Spanish Nationalists
surface form: Nationalist Spain
hasOrigin Italian volunteers
Spanish Nationalist troops
historicalContext foreign intervention in the Spanish Civil War
ideology Fascism
Spanish Nationalism
militaryBranch infantry
nameMeaning Black Arrows Division
notableFor participation of Italian Blackshirts and Spanish Nationalists
operatedIn Spain
opposedTo Second Spanish Republic
surface form: Spanish Republic
partOf Corpo Truppe Volontarie
role ground combat operations
timePeriod 1936–1939

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Battle of Guadalajara involvedUnit Flechas Negras Division