222nd Mixed Brigade

222nd Mixed Brigade 222.ª Brigada Mixta
Standard of the Carabineros Corps
Active	1937–1939
Country	Spain
Branch	Spanish Republican Army
Type	Mixed Brigade
Role	Home Defence
Size	Four battalions: The 885, 886, 887 and 888
Part of	Coastal Defence (1937) 40th Division (1937 - 1939)
Garrison/HQ	Cartagena
Engagements	Spanish Civil War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Tiburcio Díaz Carrasco

View of Mora de Rubielos and its surroundings, where the mixed brigades of the 40th division reconquered two important positions from the enemy.

The 222nd Mixed Brigade (Spanish: 222.ª Brigada Mixta),^[1] was a mixed brigade of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. It was formed in the summer of 1937 with battalions of the Carabineros corps. Its only commander was the Carabineros Lieutenant Tiburcio Díaz Carrasco.^[2]

History

The 222nd Mixed Brigade was established in the summer 1937 in Lorca, Vélez-Rubio, Alhama and Totana. It was organized with the following Carabineros battalions:

18th, which became the 885 Battalion of the mixed brigade.
19th, which became the 886 Battalion.
24th, which became the 887 Battalion.
38th, which became the 888 Battalion.

Two of these battalions were from the 86th Mixed Brigade.

First phase

The brigade was first engaged in Coastal Defence under the Group of Central Region Armies (GERC) and its members were garrisoned in Cartagena, guarding the town's military facilities.

In December 1937 the 222nd Mixed Brigade became part of the reserve of the Andalusian Army, relieving the 87th Mixed Brigade of its duties in the coast of Almería.^[2] In late February 1938 the unit was placed under the 40th Division of the XIX Army Corps of the Levantine Army (Ejército de Levante) and moved to the Teruel Front.^[1] However it arrived to the Teruel area when the combats were over.^[2]

Levante Offensive and end of the unit

The brigade took part in the effort to fight back the rebel Levante Offensive, distinguishing itself in a counterattack on 30 June in the mountainous area of Mora de Rubielos,^[3] where it recaptured the Cota 1.196 and the Vértice Marrón positions from the enemy. For these actions the 40th Division, to which the brigade belonged, was awarded the Valour Medal.^[2]

In July 1938 the 40th Division was placed under the XVII Army Corps led by Lieutenant Colonel García Vallejo.^[1] When the Francoist offensive in the Levant ended, the brigade remained in the same sector as strategic reserve until the end of the Civil War. The final fate of some of the brigade's members is unknown.^[4]^[5]

References

1 2 3 "República - EPR - 222 B.M.". Retrieved 12 June 2016.
1 2 3 4 Carlos Engel, Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del E. P. de la República, 1999; p. 221
↑ Ramón Juan Navarro, Resistir es vencer: el frente de Viver en la Guerra Civil Española. lulu.com ISBN 9781446696644
↑ "222 Brigada MIxta - Cátedra Pedro Ibarra, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche". Retrieved 12 June 2016.
↑ "Re: necesito ayuda datos de la brigada mixta 221 y 222 en castellon y valencia". Retrieved 12 June 2016.

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