Battalions of the International Brigades

The formation of battalions of the International Brigades took place from October 1936 in Albacete , the central base and training camp of the International Brigades .

According to Sebastián Herreros Agüí, these were formed as follows.

number	battalion	Countries of origin	Date of installation	Dissolution date	International Brigade	comment
N o 1	Edgar André Battalion	Germany Austria Balkans Slavs Scandinavia Flanders	10/28/1936		XI.
N 0 2	Commune de Paris battalion	France Belgium Great Britain North America	10/22/1936	09/25/1938	XI. XIV.
N 0 3	Garibaldi Battalion	Italy Switzerland	October 29, 1936	10/25/1938	XII.
N 0 4	Dąbrowski Battalion	Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia Slovakia Yugoslavia Ukraine Bulgaria	October 19, 1936	09/23/1938	XI. XII. 150. XIII.
N 0 5	Thalmann Battalion	Germany-Austria Hungary 18 British Scandinavia Balkans	11/10/1936	09/23/1938	XII. XI.
N 0 6	André Marty Battalion	France Belgium	11/10/1936	09/25/1938	XII.  ?
N 0 7	Louise Michel Battalion	France Belgium	November 1936	see N 0 11	XIII.	After the formation of the Louise Michel Battalion, the brigadists of the XI. Brigade assigned.
N 0 7	The Meunier battalion may have been named	France Belgium	November 1936	?	XIII.?	The history of this battalion is completely unknown. It is only mentioned by Hanns Maaßen in his book Brigada Internacional is our honorary name.
N 0 8	Chapayev Battalion	Germany-Austria Balkans Poland 21 other nations	11/18/1936	08/05/1937	XIII.
N 0 9	Nine Nationalities Battalion	Balkans Germany Austria Poland	December 15, 1936	January 16, 1937	XIV.
N 0 10	Henri Vuillemin Battalion	France	11/30/1936	04/22/1938	XIII.
N 0 10	Vaillant Couturier Battalion	France Belgium Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Scandinavia	12/02/1936	October 1937	XIV.
N 0 11	Louise Michel Battalion	France	12/02/1936	October 1937	XIII.	Brigadists were mainly integrated into the Henri Vuillemin battalion after a mutiny . The number of battalion N 0 11 was given to the Mickiewicz battalion .
N 0 11	Mickiewicz Battalion	Poland	04/10/1937	09/22/1938	XIII.
N 0 12	La Marseillaise Battalion	France Great Britain	December 10, 1936	May 1937	XIV.	Battalion was renamed Ralph Fox Battalion in May 1937 due to mutinies .
N 0 12	Ralph Fox Battalion	France Great Britain	from May 1937	02/23/1936	XIV.
N 0 13	Henri Barbusse Battalion	France	November 1936	10/25/1938	XIV.
N 0 14	Pierre Brachet Battalion	mainly France	10/01/1937	04/22/1938	XIV.
N 0 15	Six Février Battalion	France Belgium Algeria Morocco Tangier Greece China Hungary	02/01/1937	04/22/1938	XIV.
N 0 16	Saklatvala Battalion	Great Britain Ireland Cyprus Australia Jamaica North America Latin America Scandinavia	12/28/1936	10/23/1938	? XIV.
N 0 17	Lincoln Battalion	USA Canada China Japan	January 8, 1937	September 23, 1938	XV.	Due to the losses of the Lincoln Battalion and Washington Battalion they were after Battle of Brunete in July 1937 for Lincoln-Washington Battalion united. In September 1937 the Lincoln Battalion was reorganized.
N 0 18	Dimitrov Battalion	Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Hungary Romania Greece Yugoslavia Poland Germany-Austria Italy etc.	01/31/1937	05/10/1938	XV.
N 0 19	United?	France Great Britain Ireland North America Cuba Mexico Puerto Rico Germany-Austria	02/15/1937	06/30/1937
N 0	Washington Battalion	North America	February 1937	July 12, 1937	XV.	The Washington Battalion was combined with the Lincoln Battalion to form the Lincoln Washington Battalion at the Battle of Brunete in July 1937 .
N 0	Mackenzie Papineau Battalion	Canada North America	May 1937	05/10/1938	XV.
N 0 21	Galindo Battalion	Spain	03/14/1937	11/10/1937
N 0	Masaryk Battalion	Czechoslovakia Poland	12/30/1937	October 5, 1938	129.	The German Fritz Johne was the battalion's first commander
N 0 24	Español Battalion	Latin America	04/05/1937	09/23/1938
N 0	Rákosi Battalion	Hungary Czechoslovakia Tatarei Ukraine Poland	04/12/1937	09/22/1938	150.
N 0	Hans Beimler Battalion	Austria Switzerland Scandinavia	Formation in March 1937, naming in April 1937	10/22/1938	XI.
N 0	Battalion February 12th	Austria, Germany, Scandinavia	June 1937	19./10.1938	XI.
N 0	Djure Djakovic / Deda Blagoiev	Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia	June 1937	October 5, 1938
N 0 40	Palafox Battalion	Poland Ukraine Hungary France	08/04/1937	10/22/1938	XIII.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sebastián Herreros Agüí: The International Brigades in the Spanish war 1936-1939: Flags and Symbols (English; PDF; 6.4 MB), accessed on September 3, 2012
2. ^ Ludwig Renn : In the Spanish War , Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin and Weimar, 5th edition 1983, order number 610 912 4, page 130
3. ↑ ^{a b} Hanns Maaßen : Brigada Internacional is our name of honor ... , Röderberg-Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt / Main 1976, ISBN 3-87682-515-6 , page 115
4. ↑ Hanns Maaßen: Die Söhne des Tschapajew , Verlag des Ministry of National Defense, Berlin 1960, page 78
5. ↑ Hanns Maaßen: Brigada Internacional is our honorary name ... , Röderberg-Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt / Main 1976, ISBN 3-87682-515-6 , page 232
6. ↑ Hanns Maaßen: Die Söhne des Tschapajew , Verlag des Ministry of National Defense, Berlin 1960, page 78
7. ↑ Historique de la XIVeme Brigade Internationale, "la Marsellesa" (Spanish), accessed on January 16, 2014
8. ↑ Historique de la XIVeme Brigade Internationale, "la Marsellesa" (Spanish), accessed on January 16, 2014
9. ↑ Historique de la XIVeme Brigade Internationale, "la Marsellesa" (Spanish), accessed on January 16, 2014
10. ↑ Historique de la XIVeme Brigade Internationale, "la Marsellesa" (Spanish), accessed on January 16, 2014
11. ^ Fritz Johne - First Commander of the GDR Military Academy "Friedrich Engels , accessed on October 26, 2014
12. ^ Battalions and Brigades , accessed January 20, 2014