The 36th Division was a military formation belonging to the Spanish Republican Army that fought during the Spanish Civil War. It was deployed on the Extremadura front during the entire war.
History The 36th Division was created in May 1937, on the Extremadura front. It was assigned to the VII Army Corps, which was located in front of the Tagus River. The division was made up of the 47th, 62nd, 104th and 113th mixed brigades, covering the front from the Algodor River to Castilblanco. During the following months, it did not intervene in relevant operations. At the beginning of 1938, it gave up two of its brigades - the 62nd and 104th - which formed the .
In July 1938, it took part in the fighting of the Battle of Merida pocket, during which it suffered considerable losses. On 11 August, command was assumed by the militia major José Neira Jarabo, a former electrician of the CNT-FAI, who joined the Division from the dissolved 59th Mixed Brigade. At this time the 36th Division, made up of the 47th, 113th and 148th mixed brigades, was integrated into the VI Army Corps.
At the end of the war, Neira was captured and imprisoned by the Nationalists, who shot him in Madrid's Eastern Cemetery on 26 September 1941.
Command Commanders Antonio Bertomeu Bisquert; Francisco Gómez Palacios; José Neira Jarabo;
Commissars Francisco Gil Vallejo, of the PCE; Dionisio Martín Martínez, of the PCE; Pedro Yáñez Jiménez, of the PSOE;
Order of battle Date Attached Army Corps Integrated mixed brigades Battlefront May 1937 VII Army Corps 46th, 47th, 104th and 113th Estremadura December 1937 VII Army Corps 47th, 62nd, 104th and 113th Estremadura March 1938 VII Army Corps 47th, 62nd and 113th Estremadura 30 April 1938 VII Army Corps 21st, 47th and 113th Estremadura July 1938 VII Army Corps 47th, 113th and 114th Estremadura August 1938 VI Army Corps 47th, 113th and 148th Estremadura December 1938 VI Army Corps 47th and 113th Estremadura
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