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In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie began to serve in mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file. One, the Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade "Black Arrows" first served in Vizcaya from April 1937.
Order of Battle, April 1937
Flechas Negras Brigade - Col. Sandro Piazzoni
- 3rd Regiment
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- Battery 65/17
- 4th Regiment
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- Battery 65/17
- Assault Battalion
- 1st Company
- 2nd Company
- Artillery Group
- IVº Grupo de 75/27
- Grupo de 100/17
- Grupo de 105/28
- Battery 20mm AA
- Engineer Company
- Intendencia Section
- Sanitation Section
Order of Battle, Battle of Santander August 1937
Flechas Negras Brigade - Col. Sandro Piazzoni
- 3rd Regiment
- 1st Battalion "Monte Jata"
- 2nd Battalion "Bermeo"
- 3rd Battalion "Munguia"
- Battery 65/17
- Engineer Section
- 4th Regiment
- 1st Battalion "Peña Amarilla"
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion "Algorta"
- Battery 65/17
- Engineer Section
- Assault Battalion
- Artillery Group
- Group 75/27
- Battery 149/12
- Antitank Battery 37mm
- Battery 20mm AA
- Engineer Company
- Division Truck Unit
The Flechas Negras Brigade was later expanded to form the Flechas Division.
See also
Sources
- de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936-1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 ISBN 84-87690-33-5