Confederal militias

Confederal Militia
Milicias confederales de la CNT-FAI
Flag of the CNT-FAI
Active1934–1937
Disbanded1937
Country Spanish Republic
Allegiance CNT-FAI
BranchSpanish Republican Army
TypePeople's Militia
RoleHome defense
Size50,000
ColorsRed   and Black  
EngagementsRevolution of 1934
Spanish Civil War
Commanders
Durruti ColumnBuenaventura Durruti
South Ebro ColumnAntonio Ortiz Ramírez
Ascaso ColumnCristóbal Alvaldetrecu,
Gregorio Jover,
Domingo Ascaso
Harriers ColumnMiguel García Vivancos,
Juan García Oliver
Iron ColumnJosé Pellicer Gandía
Land and Freedom ColumnGerminal de Souza
Rosal ColumnFrancisco del Rosal Rico,
Cipriano Mera

The confederal militias were a movement of people's militia during the Spanish Civil War organized by the Spanish anarchist movement: the National Confederation of Labor (CNT) and the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI). The CNT militias replaced clandestine defense committees instituted earlier. As the war progressed, the militias were progressively dissolved and assimilated into the Spanish Republican Army, in spite of many militiamen refusing the militarization.


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