People's Army of Catalonia

This article is about the Civil War-era military unit. For the paramilitary group supporting Catalan independence from Spain, active from 1976 to 1980, see Catalan People's Army.

People's Army of Catalonia
Exèrcit Popular de Catalunya
Flag of Catalonia
ActiveDecember 1936–May 1937
Country Catalonia (Spain)
TypeArmy
RoleGround defence
Size40.000 (theoretically)
EngagementsSpanish Civil War (Aragon front)
Commanders
Notable commandersGuillem de la Peña i Cusí
José Eduardo Villalba Rubio
Eduardo Medrano Rivas
Insignia
Identification
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The People's Army of Catalonia (Catalan: Exèrcit Popular de Catalunya) was an army created by the Generalitat of Catalonia on December 6, 1936, during the Spanish Civil War. Its existence was more theoretical than real, because the original structure of the popular militias continued to exist despite the efforts of the Generalitat. After the May Days it was dissolved and its structure assumed by the Spanish Republican Army, which definitively militarized the militias of Catalonia and Aragon.


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