Basque Army

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The Basque Army was the military force organized by the autonomous Basque government to defend the Basque Country on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Basque Army canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military force ⓘ
allegiance Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
associatedWith Basque autonomy movement ⓘ
Basque nationalism ⓘ
commandLanguage Basque ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
commandStructure under Basque Government War Department ⓘ
conflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country Basque Country ⓘ
disbandedAfter fall of the Basque front ⓘ
disbandedAsResultOf Nationalist victory in northern front ⓘ
establishedDuring Spanish Civil War ⓘ
historicalRegion Euzkadi ⓘ
linked to: Basque Country
ideology Republican ⓘ
anti-Francoist ⓘ
languageOfCommand Basque ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
location Basque Country ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Vizcaya ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bilbao

Defense of Bilbao ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bilbao
operatedBy Basque Government ⓘ
autonomous Basque government ⓘ
operationalTheater Northern Front of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
partOf Republican Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Republican forces
politicalContext Basque autonomy statute ⓘ
Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
primaryOpponents Francoist Spain ⓘ
Nationalist forces ⓘ
purpose defend Basque territory against Nationalist advance ⓘ
recruitmentBase Basque population ⓘ
Republican sympathizers in Basque Country ⓘ
region Basque Autonomous Community ⓘ
linked to: Basque Country

Northern Spain ⓘ
linked to: northern Spain
role defense of Basque Country ⓘ
ground warfare ⓘ
territorial defense ⓘ
sideInConflict Republican side ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod 1936 ⓘ
1937 ⓘ
Spanish Civil War period ⓘ
typeOfOrganization autonomous community army ⓘ
regional army ⓘ
usedFlag Ikurriña ⓘ
usedInsignia Basque symbols ⓘ

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

Republican forces → hasPart → Basque Army ⓘ