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Rosal Column

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Rosal Column
Columna Rosal
Country Spanish Republic
TypeMilitia
RoleHome defense
Size2,300
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Francisco del Rosal Rico,
Cipriano Mera,
Eusebio Sanz

The Rosal Column was a republican militia column created during the Spanish Civil War. It was the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo's (CNT) largest unit, with 835 men, in 1936.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Alpert, Michael (28 February 2013). The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-32857-0.

Bibliography

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  • Octavio Ruiz Manjón-Cabeza, The Second Republic and the war.
  • Víctor de la Vega Almagro, Artistic treasure and civil war: the case of Cuenca.
  • Cipriano Mera, War, exile and prison of an anarcho-syndicalist. Iberian Roll, 1976.
  • Eduardo de Guzmán, Red and Black Madrid. Oberon, 2004.