The Spanish Foreign Legion in the Spanish Civil War, 1936 Jose E. Alvarez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Álvarez, José E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939.

Spain.

Spain. Ejército. Legión--History.

Spain. Ejército. Legión.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020

Place of Publication:

Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, 2016.

Summary:

"In 1936, the Spanish Foreign Legion was the best equipped and most thoroughly trained and battle-tested unit in the Spanish Army. With its fearsome reputation for brutality and savagery, the Legion was not only critical to the eventual victory of Franco and the Nationalists, but was also a powerful propaganda tool the Nationalists used to intimidate and terrorize their enemies. Drawing upon Spanish military archival sources, the Legion's own diary of operations, and relevant secondary sources, Álvarez recounts the pivotal role played by the Spanish Foreign Legion in the initial months of the Spanish Civil War." -- Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

In Spanish Morocco

The Legion arrives in Andalusia

On the road to Madrid

Mérida

The breach of death : Badajoz

The Battle of the Sierra de Guadalupe

September 1936

The Battle for the Alcázar of Toledo

From Toledo to Madrid, October 1936

The Madrid front, November 1936

The Madrid front, December 1936

With the Second Bandera on the Guipúzcoa-Aragón front

With the Third Bandera on the Asturian front.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826273604

0826273602

OCLC:

1056246607