Garibaldi Battalion

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international brigade unit military unit

The Garibaldi Battalion was an Italian volunteer unit fighting for the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, composed largely of anti-fascist exiles.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Thaelmann Battalion	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international brigade unit ⓘ military unit ⓘ
activeFrom	1936 ⓘ
activeUntil	1939 ⓘ
allegiance	Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
associatedWith	Italian Communist Party ⓘ Italian socialist movements ⓘ
composedMostlyOf	Italian anti-fascist exiles ⓘ Italian volunteers ⓘ
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
disbandedAfter	withdrawal of International Brigades ⓘ
disbandedBy	Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Republican government of Spain
foughtAgainst	Corpo Truppe Volontarie ⓘ surface form: Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie Nationalist forces in Spain ⓘ
ideology	anti-fascism ⓘ communism ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Italian ⓘ
motive	fight against fascism in Europe ⓘ
namedAfter	Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ defense of Madrid ⓘ
notableFor	participation of Italian anti-fascist exiles in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
operationalTheater	Spain ⓘ
partOf	International Brigades ⓘ
recruitmentBase	Italian political exiles in France ⓘ Italian political exiles in other European countries ⓘ
role	infantry ⓘ
side	Republican side in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
typeOfVolunteerUnit	foreign volunteer battalion ⓘ
veteransLaterInvolvedIn	Italian Resistance during World War II ⓘ

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

Battle of Guadalajara → involvedUnit → Garibaldi Battalion ⓘ

International Brigades → notableUnit → Garibaldi Battalion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thaelmann Battalion