11th Division (Spain)

11th Division
11ª División
Flag of the 11th Division of the People's Republican Army
Active1937–1939
Country Spain
BranchSpanish Republican Army
TypeInfantry division
RoleHome Defence
SizeThree mixed brigades:
1st, 9th and 100st
Part ofV Army Corps (July 1937 – February 1939)
Nickname(s)División Líster
EngagementsSpanish Civil War
DecorationsLaureate Plate of Madrid
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Enrique Lister
Metal bridge at Tortosa where the 11th Division stopped the Fascist Italian troops of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie.

The 11th Division (Spanish: 11ª División)[1] was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. It was formed in January 1937 in Madrid beginning with the 1st Mixed Brigade which in turn had originated in the Fifth Regiment.[2]

Nicknamed División Líster, it would become one of the elite divisions, as well as one of the most battle-hardened formations, of the Spanish Republican Armed Forces.

  1. ^ Carlos Engel, Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República, 1999
  2. ^ SBHAC - 1a Brigada Mixta