Mixed brigade was a basic tactical military unit of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. It was initially designed as "pocket division", an innovative maneuverable combined-arms formation
The 3rd Mixed Brigade, was one of the earliest mixed brigades of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. It was formed in the fall of 1936 with battalions of the Carabineros corps and sa
View of Alcázar de San Juan where the Third Mixed Brigade was established.
In the Tamarite de Litera sector, where the 3rd Mixed Brigade was sent in March 1938, many of its members lost their lives.