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During the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), almost forty thousand men and women from fifty-two countries, including 2,800 Americans , traveled to Spain to join the International Brigades to help fight fascism. The U.S. volunteers served in various units (medical, combat and transportation) and came to be known collectively as the Abraham Lincoln Battalion . "The Spanish Civil War claimed an estimat...
This project aims to gather profiles for participants in the Spanish Civil War. Primary source: . See this source for further details and narrative. Projects subsumed include that of the International Brigades. Please contribute additional sources, profiles and projects.Date: 17 July 1936 – 1 April 1939 (2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)Location: SpainResult: Nationalist victoryEnd of the S...
PLEASE NOTE: Limited qualifications for this project. Please read description before adding profiles..This project aims to include and acknowledge people profiled on Geni.com who participated in the International Brigades (Spanish: Brigadas Internacionales), military units, made up of volunteers from different countries, who travelled to Spain, in order to fight for the Second Spanish Republic,...
Norwegians in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War=The International Brigades (Spanish: Brigadas Internacionales) were military units set up by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The organization existed for two years, from 1936 until 1938. It is estimated that during the entire war, ...