28th Division (Spain)

28th Division
28th Division
28.ª División
Active	28 April 1937 - 27 March 1939
Disbanded	27 March 1939
Country	Spanish Republic
Allegiance	Republican faction
Branch	Spanish Republican Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Commanders
1937-1938	Gregorio Jover
1938-1939	Juan Mayordomo Moreno

The 28th 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. It was deployed on the Aragon and Segre fronts.

History

The unit was created in April 1937 from the old Ascaso Column, commanded by the anarchist Gregorio Jover.^[1]^[2] The new 28th Division, in addition to the forces coming from the «Ascaso» column, had also absorbed the remains of other militia forces and became composed of 125th, 126th and 127th mixed brigades; continued under Jover's command.^[3]^[4]

The 28th Division remained on the Aragon front for much of the war. In June 1937 it took part in the unsuccessful Huesca Offensive, and at the end of August one of its units - the 127th MB - took part in the Zaragoza Offensive. In February 1938 it took part in the Battle of Alfambra. During the subsequent offensive on the Aragon front, the unit undertook several withdrawals in the face of enemy pressure. It took part in the Levante Offensive integrated in the 13th Army Corps,^[5] being later transferred to the Estremadura front, where it participated in the Battle of Merida pocket. After Gregorio Jover was promoted to command of the 10th Army Corps, on August 11 Juan Mayordomo Moreno took command of the division.^[6] In January 1939, the unit participated in the Battle of Valsequillo, integrated into the Toral Group.^[7]

Commanders

Commanders

Gregorio Jover;^[8]^[9]
Juan Mayordomo Moreno^[10]

Commissars

Adolfo Arnal García;^[6]
Pedro Fernández Alonso^[11]

Chief of Staff

Ramón Rodríguez Bosmediano

Battles

Dates	Attached Army Corps	Integrated Mixed Brigades	Battle front
May–June 1937	10th	125th, 126th and 127th	Aragón
December 1937	21st	125th, 126th and 127th	Aragón
April 1938	13th	125th, 126th and 127th	Levante
August 1938	7th	125th, 126th and 127th	Estremadura

References

^ Maldonado 2007, p. 171.
^ Gabriel 2011, p. 331.
^ Casanova 1985, p. 114.
^ Maldonado 2007, p. 170.
^ Navarro 2010, p. 68.
^ ^a ^b Engel 1999, p. 211.
^ Salas Larrazábal 2006, p. 3050.
^ Alpert 2013, p. 338.
^ Thomas 1976, p. 594.
^ Martínez Bande 1985, p. 38.
^ Álvarez 1989, p. 180.

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