Popular Army of the Republic

E381960

The Popular Army of the Republic was the main regular military force of the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, formed to organize and coordinate its diverse militias against the Nationalist uprising.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces branch ⓘ
army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ejército Popular de la República ⓘ
Republican Popular Army ⓘ
commandStructure Ministry of War of the Spanish Republic ⓘ
conflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
disbandedFollowing Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
engagedIn Aragon Offensive (Republican) ⓘ
linked to: Aragon Offensive

Battle of Guadalajara (1937) ⓘ
Battle of Jarama ⓘ
Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Battle of the Ebro ⓘ
Defense of Madrid ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Madrid
formedFrom Republican militias ⓘ
left-wing party militias ⓘ
trade union militias ⓘ
workers' militias ⓘ
hasPart International Brigades ⓘ
Mixed Brigades ⓘ
Republican Air Force units ⓘ
Republican Army corps ⓘ
Republican Navy ground forces ⓘ
Republican brigades ⓘ
Republican divisions ⓘ
headquartersLocation Madrid ⓘ
ideology anti-fascism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
languageOfCommand Spanish ⓘ
location Spain ⓘ
militaryDoctrine combination of traditional Spanish Army doctrine and Soviet-inspired tactics ⓘ
notableCommander Enrique Líster ⓘ
José Miaja ⓘ
Juan Modesto ⓘ
Juan Negrín ⓘ
Vicente Rojo Lluch ⓘ
opposedBy Nationalist Army (Spain) ⓘ
linked to: Nationalist Army

Nationalist faction (Spain) ⓘ
organizedBy Government of the Spanish Republic ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the Spanish Republic ⓘ
politicalControl Popular Front (Spain) ⓘ
purpose centralize and coordinate Republican military forces ⓘ
defend the Spanish Republic against the Nationalist uprising ⓘ
startTime 1936 ⓘ
supportedBy International Brigades volunteers ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
timePeriod 1936–1939 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Republican forces → hasPart → Popular Army of the Republic ⓘ
Battle of Santander → involves → Army of the North (Republican Spain) ⓘ
linked to: Popular Army of the Republic
Popular Army of the Republic → alsoKnownAs → Republican Popular Army ⓘ
linked to: Popular Army of the Republic
Republican Army of the East leadership → commanded → Republican Army units on the Aragon front ⓘ
linked to: Popular Army of the Republic
Republican offensives in Aragon → militaryBranch → Republican Popular Army ⓘ
linked to: Popular Army of the Republic