Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias

Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias
Milicias Antifascistas Obreras y Campesinas
Active1934 (1934)–1937 (1937)
Disbanded1937
CountrySpain
AllegianceSecond Spanish Republic
TypeCitizen militia
RoleGuarding Socialist and Communist offices and protecting leftist leaders.
Size5,000 (est.)
EngagementsDefence of Madrid (Spanish Civil War)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Enrique Líster
Juan Guilloto León
Insignia
Commissar badge
Colours  Blue and   red

The Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias (Spanish: Milicias Antifascistas Obreras y Campesinas, MAOC) were a militia group founded in the Second Spanish Republic in 1934. Their purpose was to protect leaders of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and Unified Socialist Youth (JSU) from the attacks of Fascist militia groups such as the Falange Blueshirts.

The MAOC were especially active in the few months preceding the 1936 coup and the first months of the Spanish Civil War. Many of the members of the Popular Army's Fifth Regiment during the war belonged to the Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias.[1]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 5º Regimiento was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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