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21st Division
21.ª División
Active	April 3, 1937–March 1939
Country	Spain
Allegiance	Republican faction
Branch	Spanish Republican Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Jaén
Engagements	Spanish Civil War

The 21st Division was one of the divisions of the Spanish Republican Army that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. Situated on the Andalusian front, the division played a minor role.

History

The unit was created on April 3, 1937, within the Army of the South. The 21st Division was born from the militarization of the old Granada sector. It was made up of 76th, 79th and 80th mixed brigades, with its headquarters in Jaén. As of June 1937, the division was integrated into the IX Army Corps.

Command

Commanders

• Antonio Gómez de Salazar;
• Martín Calvo Calvo;
• Carlos Cuerda Gutiérrez;
• Luis Bárzana Bárzana;
• Eloy Marín Villanueva;

Commissars

• Rafael Bonilla Pérez, of the CNT;

Chiefs of Staff

• José Mondéjar Gil de Pareja;
• José Rodríguez;

Order of battle

Notes

1. The other unit that emerged from the militarization of the old Granada Sector was the 22nd Division, commanded by commander Urbano Orad de la Torre.

References

1. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 47.
2. Zaragoza 1983, p. 58.
3. Álvarez Rey & Lemus López 1998, p. 444.
4. Alpert 1989, p. 350.
5. Álvarez 1989, p. 180.

Bibliography

• Alpert, Michael (1989). El ejército republicano en la guerra civil (in Spanish). Siglo XXI Editores.
• Álvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Ediciós do Castro.
• Álvarez Rey, Leandro; Lemus López, Encarnación (1998). Historia de Andalucía Contemporánea (in Spanish). Universidad de Huelva.
• Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 84-922644-7-0.
• Martínez Bande, José Manuel (1981). La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida (in Spanish). Madrid: San Martín.
• Zaragoza, Cristóbal (1983). Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939 (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ed. Planeta.

• Military units and formations established in 1937
• Military units and formations disestablished in 1939
• Divisions of Spain
• Military units and formations of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction)
• Military history of Spain
• Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic