Louise Michel Battalions

Louise Michel Battalions

Two battalions of French-speaking volunteers in the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War were named after Louise Michel, a heroine of the 1871 Paris Commune. They mustered in November/December 1936.

* The first battalion was an existing group of volunteers (see Centuria) who had been operating in Barcelona. This was absorbed into battalions being formed for XI International Brigade.
* The second was raised at Albacete from French-speaking volunteers. Towards the end of January 1938, it was merged into the Henri Vuilleman Battalion of the XIV International Brigade.

Footnotes and sources

*Hugh Thomas, "The Spanish Civil War", 4th Rev. Ed. 2001.
*Antony Beevor, "The Battle for Spain", 2006.
*es icon [http://www.ogqn.com/odb_gce/epr/brigadas.htm Order of Battle website]
*es icon [http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/vexicat/brigades/bi_brigades.htm Associació Catalana Website]


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