XIII International Brigade - 2nd Formation

2nd Formation

The brigade was reformed on 4 August 1937, from Central European battalions. It again used Jarosław Dąbrowski as its exemplar.

  • Dabrowski Battalion - Polish and Spanish
  • Palafox Battalion - Polish, Spanish, Balkan.
  • Rakosi Battalion - Hungarian, Spanish.

It was dissolved on 23 September 1938, along with the other International Brigades, when the Negrin Government took the decision to send foreign volunteers home. This decision was taken after pressure from the Non-Intervention Committee to remove all foreign volunteers from both sides of the conflict in an endeavour to de-internationalise it. Negrin acquiesced because he believed the Nationalists would send their foreigners home too.

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