Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

Last modified: 2004-11-27 by santiago dotor
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• International Brigades
• Mackenzie-Papineau Batallion
• Italian Legion (Legión Italiana)

See also:

• Political Parties 1931-1939 (Spain)
• Historical Flags 1931-1939 (Second Spanish Republic)
• Historical Flags 1936-1938 (Spain)
• Historical Flags 1938-1945 (Spain)
• Spain

Other sites:

• Guerra 1936-1939: Les Brigades Internacionals (War 1936-1939: The International Brigades, Catalan text only), at the Catalan Vexillological Association Website

Brigadas Internacionales

by Vincent Morley

The central symbol is not a triangle, but rather a three-pointed star, which was the symbol of the International Brigades. I have a book, International Solidarity with the Spanish Republic (Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1975), which shows several flags of individual brigades on which this symbol appears - but they all have additional devices or text along with the star - usually the arms of the Spanish republic or a symbol of the country or countries from which the brigade was recruited. The simples