# Extremaduran Army > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Extremaduran_Army > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Extremaduran_Army.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremaduran_Army > Source revision: 1353470633 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox military unit |unit_name=Extremaduran Army
''Ejército de Extremadura'' |image=Bandera de la II República Española.PNG |caption=Military flag of the Popular Army |dates=1937–1939 |country=25px [Spain](/source/Spain) |allegiance= |branch= [Central Region Army Group](/source/Central_Region_Army_Group) ''(GERC)''
[Spanish Republican Army](/source/Spanish_Republican_Army) |type=[Field army](/source/Field_army) |role=Home Defence |size= |command_structure= |garrison=[Almaden](/source/Almad%C3%A9n) |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles=*[Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War)
[Battle of Merida pocket](/source/Battle_of_Merida_pocket)
[Battle of Valsequillo](/source/Battle_of_Valsequillo) |notable_commanders=Colonel [Adolfo Prada Vaquero](/source/Adolfo_Prada_Vaquero) }} thumb|300px|Map of Spain in November 1938. In pink the two regions under Republican control. The '''Extremaduran Army''' ({{langx|es|Ejército de Extremadura}}) was a military formation of the [Spanish Republican Army](/source/Spanish_Republican_Army) during the last phase of the [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War). It was part of the [Central Region Army Group](/source/Central_Region_Army_Group) (''GERC''). The Republican forces deployed at the [Extremadura](/source/Extremadura)n Front were under its jurisdiction. They guarded the westernmost end of the Republican territory, an area that saw long periods of inactivity between the major battles. == History == The Extremaduran Army was established in the fall 1937 as a detached formation of the [Southern Army](/source/Southern_Army_(Spanish_Republic)) ''(Ejército del Sur)'' after its disbandment.{{Sfn|Alpert|1989|pp=78, 258}} It was initially led by Lt. Colonel [Joaquín Pérez Salas](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_P%C3%A9rez_Salas) as Commander in Chief,{{Sfn|Suero Roca|1981|p=111}} who would be soon replaced by Colonel [Ricardo Burillo](/source/Ricardo_Burillo).{{Sfn|Martínez Bande|1981|p=128}} The general headquarters were in the town of [Almadén](/source/Almad%C3%A9n).{{Sfn|Moreno Gómez|1985|p=616}} In July 1938 during the [Battle of Mérida pocket](/source/Battle_of_M%C3%A9rida_pocket) the Extremaduran Army suffered heavy losses in human lives and materiel at the hands of the rebel armies. The battle included a swift and well-coordinated pincer movement from the south and from the north. Some historians consider that the long lulls of inactivity at the Extremaduran front had left the troops ill-prepared for such a major attack.{{Sfn|Gallardo Moreno|1994|p=113}} Having led the army during the debacle, Colonel Burillo was replaced by Colonel [Adolfo Prada Vaquero](/source/Adolfo_Prada_Vaquero){{Sfn|Engel|1999|p=178}} who was able to somehow regroup the shattered Extremaduran Army and put somewhat of a halt to the Francoist offensive. General [Antonio Escobar Huertas](/source/Antonio_Escobar_Huertas) took over the command towards the end of 1938.{{Sfn|Alpert|1989|p=331}} In January 1939 the Extremaduran Army launched a belated offensive with the [Battle of Valsequillo](/source/Battle_of_Valsequillo), also known as "Battle of Peñarroya", in the [Córdoba](/source/C%C3%B3rdoba_(Spain))-Extremadura front. At the beginning the battle spelt some success for the loyalist side, but it turned to failure after a few weeks of unfruitful combats. Finally, the Extremaduran Army was disbanded in March 1939 owing to the end of the war and the surrender of the Spanish Republic. == Order of Battle == ;July–August 1938 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Army Corps !! DivisionsCarlos Engel, p.253 !! Sectors |- | [VII Army Corps](/source/Seventh_Corps_of_the_People's_Republican_Army) || [36th](/source/36th_Division_(Spain)) & [37th](/source/37th_Division_(Spain)) || [Algodor](/source/Algodor_River) – [Zújar](/source/Z%C3%BAjar_River) |- | [VIII Army Corps](/source/Eighth_Corps_of_the_People's_Republican_Army) || [38th](/source/38th_Division_(Spain)), [63rd](/source/63rd_Division_(Spain)) & [51st](/source/51st_Division_(Spain)) || [Zújar](/source/Z%C3%BAjar_River) – [Guadalmellato](/source/Guadalmellato) |- |} == Leaders == ;Commanders * Lt. Colonel [Joaquín Pérez Salas](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_P%C3%A9rez_Salas) (Oct. 1937 - Dec. 1937), * Colonel [Ricardo Burillo](/source/Ricardo_Burillo) (Dec. 1937 - July 1938), * Colonel [Adolfo Prada Vaquero](/source/Adolfo_Prada_Vaquero) (July 1938 - Oct. 1938) * Brigadier General [Antonio Escobar Huertas](/source/Antonio_Escobar_Huertas) (Oct. 1938 - March 1939 ). [https://www.combatientes.es/indicedelejercitodeextremadura.htm Combatientes] ;Chiefs of Staff * Lt. Colonel [Joaquín Alonso García](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Alonso_Garc%C3%ADa); * Lt. Colonel [Javier Linares Aranzabe](/source/Javier_Linares_Aranzabe);{{Sfn|Martínez Bande|1981|p=229}} * Colonel [Eduardo Sáenz de Aranaz](/source/Eduardo_S%C3%A1enz_de_Aranaz);{{Sfn|Moreno Gómez|1985|p=616}} * Colonel [Ramón Ruiz-Fornells](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Ruiz-Fornells); ;[Commissar](/source/Commissar) * [Nicolás Jiménez Molina](/source/Nicol%C3%A1s_Jim%C3%A9nez_Molina), belonging to the [PSOE](/source/Partido_Socialista_Obrero_Espa%C3%B1ol);{{Sfn|Álvarez Rey|2010|p=207}}{{Sfn|Castillo|2011|p=370}} ;Artillery General Commander * Artillery Colonel [José Valcázar Crespo](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Valc%C3%A1zar_Crespo); ;Engineering General Commander * Engineer Lt. Colonel [Pedro Fraile Sánchez](/source/Pedro_Fraile_S%C3%A1nchez) ==See also== *[Central Region Army Group](/source/Central_Region_Army_Group) ''Grupo de Ejércitos de la Región Central'' (GERC) *[Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War](/source/Final_offensive_of_the_Spanish_Civil_War) == References == {{reflist|30em}} == Bibliography == * {{cite book |last1=Alpert |first1=Michael |author-link=Michael Alpert |title=El ejército republicano en la guerra civil |date=1989 |publisher=Siglo XXI de España |location=Madrid |isbn=978-84-323-0682-2 |edition=2nd}} * {{cite book | last = Álvarez Rey | first = Leandro | title = Los Diputados por Andalucía de la Segunda República, 1931-1939: diccionario biográfico | volume = II| publisher = Centro de Estudios Andaluces | location = Seville | year = 2010 }} * {{cite book | last = Castillo | first =Santiago| title = Historia de la UGT. Un sindicalismo en guerra, 1936-1939 | publisher = Siglo XXI de España | year = 2011 }} * {{cite book |last1=Engel |first1=Carlos |title=Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del ejército popular de la República, 1936-1939 |date=1999 |publisher=Almena |location=Madrid |isbn=84-96170-19-5 |edition=2. rev}} * {{cite book | last = Gallardo Moreno | first =Jacinta | title = La guerra civil en la Serena | publisher = Diputación provincial de Badajoz | location = Badajoz| year = 1994 }} * {{cite book | last = Martínez Bande | first = José Manuel | title = La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida | publisher = Editorial San Martín | location = Madrid| year = 1981 | isbn = 9788471401953}} * {{cite book | last = Moreno Gómez | first = Francisco | title = La Guerra civil en Córdoba: 1936-1939 | publisher = Editorial Alpuerto | location = Córdoba| year = 1985 }} * [Salas Larrazábal, Ramón](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Salas_Larraz%C3%A1bal) (2006); ''Historia del Ejército Popular de la República''. La Esfera de los Libros S.L. {{ISBN|84-9734-465-0}} * {{cite book | last = Suero Roca | first = M.ª Teresa | title = Militares republicanos de la Guerra de España | publisher = Ediciones Península Ibérica| location = Barcelona| year = 1981 | isbn = 84-297-1706-4}} * [Thomas, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Thomas_(writer)) (1976); ''Historia de la Guerra Civil Española''. Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona.{{ISBN|84-226-0874-X}}. * {{cite book | last = Zaragoza | first = Cristóbal | title = Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939 | publisher = Editorial Planeta| location = Barcelona| year = 1983 }} {{Armies of the Spanish Republic|state=expanded}} Category:Military units and formations of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Category:Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic Category:Armies of Spain Category:Spanish Civil War in Extremadura Category:Military units and formations established in 1937 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1939 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Extremaduran Army](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremaduran_Army) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremaduran_Army?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.