26th Division (Spain)

26th Division
26ª División
Flag of the 26th Division
Active28 April 1937–10 February 1939
Country Spain
AllegianceRepublican faction
Branch
TypeInfantry division
RoleHome defense
SizeThree mixed brigades:
119th, 120th and 121st
Part ofXI Army Corps
Garrison/HQ
NicknameDurruti Division
EngagementsSpanish Civil War
Commanders
Commander-in-chiefRicardo Sanz
Political commissarRicardo Rionda
Chief of staffRamón Rodríguez Bosmediano

The 26th Division (Spanish: 26ª División) was a division of the Spanish Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War. It was formed in April 1937 in Aragon, from the militarised Durruti Column, during the reorganisation of the Spanish Republican Armed Forces. It fought in the Battle of Belchite, the Aragon Offensive and the Battle of the Segre. Finally, it was disbanded in February 1939 after the withdrawal and rush to the border that followed the rebel Catalonia Offensive.