Spanish Republican Army

Spanish Republican Army
Ejército de la República Española (1931–1936)
Ejército Popular de la República (1936–1939)
Active1931 – 1936 (First phase)
16 October 1936 – 29 March 1939 (Second phase)
CountrySpain
BranchSpanish Republican Armed Forces
TypeArmy
RoleGround defence
Size750,000
Equipment• 1500 pieces of artillery
• 800 Tanks and Armoured vehicles[1]
EngagementsInsurrection in Asturias, Spanish Civil War
Commanders
Notable Civil War commandersVicente Rojo Lluch
José Asensio Torrado
Domingo Batet
Toribio Martínez Cabrera
Arturo Álvarez-Buylla Godino
Aureliano Álvarez-Coque
José Miaja Menant
Juan Hernández Saravia
Juan Guilloto Modesto
Francisco Llano de la Encomienda
Enrique Jurado Barrio
Leopoldo Menéndez López
Augusto Pérez Garmendia
Sebastián Pozas Perea
Mariano Gamir Ulibarri
Antonio Escobar Huerta
Segismundo Casado
Cipriano Mera
Manuel Matallana Gómez
Enrique Líster
Manuel Tagüeña
Juan Rodríguez Lozano
José María Galán
Francisco Galán
Miguel Campins
José Cantero Ortega
Juan Perea Capulino
Rogelio Caridad Pita
Luis Castelló Pantoja
Nicolás Molero
Miguel Núñez de Prado
Adolfo Prada Vaquero
Miguel Gallo Martínez
Augusto Pérez Garmendia
Ildefonso Puigdendolas
Etelvino Vega
Luis Barceló Jover
Francisco Ciutat de Miguel
Leoncio Jaso Paz
Julio Mangada
José Rico Martín
Carlos Romero Giménez
Enrique Salcedo
Ricardo Sanz
Valentín González El Campesino
Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo
Mariano Zapico
Antonio Cordón García
Insignia
Army Flag of the Second Spanish Republic
Coat of Arms of Spain (1936–1939)

The Spanish Republican Army (Spanish: Ejército de la República Española) was the main branch of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.

It became known as People's Army of the Republic (Ejército Popular de la República) after it was reorganized, following the disbandment of the voluntary militias that were formed in July 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

  1. ^ Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War (1961)