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700 Irish Brigade soldiers joined Francoists

88
years ago

13 November 1936,

700 Irish Brigade soldiers joined the Francoists. They belonged to the fascist movement Blueshirts, with ultra-liberal and anti-communist positions. In the Jarama War in Andalusia, by a misunderstanding, they faced the Falangist battalion of their sides in the Canary Islands. In April 1937, Franco dissolved the Irish Brigade and sent the soldiers back to Ireland.

Source:

Judith Keene, Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain During the Spanish Civil War.

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