Isaac Puente battalion

Isaac Puente Battalion
Isaac Puente Batailoia
ActiveSeptember 1936 – October 1937
CountrySpain
Allegiance CNT-FAI
Branch Confederal militias,
Euzko Gudarostea
TypeInfantry
RoleShock troops
SizeBattalion
Garrison/HQBilbao
EngagementsSpanish Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Antonio Teresa de Miguel,
Enrique Araujo

The Isaac Puente battalion (Basque: Isaac Puente Batailoia) was a battalion of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) from the Basque Country which was active during the Spanish Civil War from September 1936 to October 1937.[1] It was named after Isaac Puente and was nº 3 of the Milicias Antifascistas de la CNT and nº 11 of the Euzko Gudarostea. The battalion participated in the Villarreal Offensive, the Vizcaya Campaign, the Battle of Santander, the Asturias Campaign and the Battle of El Mazuco.

  1. ^ Vargas Alonso, Francisco Manuel (1996). Anarquismo y Milicias de la CNT en Euskadi (PDF) (in Spanish). Bilbao: Eusko Ikaskuntza. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2020.