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International Brigades

paramilitary supporting the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War
Class type of: brigade, Volunteer Brigade, volunteer military Q132518

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
paramilitary organization, foreign legion[16]
Inception
September 18, 1936[23]
Founder
Communist Party of Spain[17]
Headquarters location
Albacete[18]
Country
Second Spanish Republic, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Albania, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Ireland[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Subclass of
brigade, Volunteer Brigade, volunteer military[19][20][21]
Part of
Spanish Republican Armed Forces[22]
Allegiance
Second Spanish Republic[32]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
September 23, 1938[24]
Native label
Brigadas Internacionales[36]
Order of battle
International Brigades order of battle[37]
P14536
370134[38]
P14541
2PdnCB[39]
Participated in conflict
Spanish Civil War, Siege of Madrid, Battle of Jarama, Battle of Guadalajara, Battle of Brunete, Battle of Belchite, Battle of the Ebro[25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Political ideology
anti-fascism, internationalism, communism[33][34][35]
🏷️ Also known as
en International Brigades ar الألوية الدولية cs Interbrigády da Internationale Brigader de Internationale Brigaden el Διεθνείς ταξιαρχίες es Brigada Internacional es BBII es Brigadas Internacionales fa تیپ‌های بین‌المللی fi Kansainväliset prikaatit fr Brigades internationales he הבריגדות הבינלאומיות he הבריגדות הבין-לאומיות hu Nemzetközi Brigádok id Brigade Internasional it brigate internazionali ja 国際旅団 ko 국제여단 nl Internationale Brigades
🔖 Identifiers · 26
VIAF cluster ID
165864807
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85126118, nb2004311858
GND ID
16097515-3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Robert Thompson, Battalion Commander of 15th International Brigade, MacKenzie-Papineau (l.), Philip Detro of Lincoln-Washington, Garcia 24th, O'Dair (British) and Aguila 24th Battalion Oct 1937 Edit.png ↗
BBC Things ID
55598e8b-7e85-4499-b821-1c9928a36b78
BNCF Thesaurus ID
48846
BabelNet ID
00755263n
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
215597
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/International-Brigades
Freebase ID
/m/03z02
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
brigades-internacionals
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0012260
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Great Aragonese Encyclopedia ID
2567
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
internasjonale_brigader
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
internatsional-nye-brigady-7f0ff6
Larousse ID
divers/wd/110210
Libris-URI
xv8ckjqg3w3g213
NL CR AUT ID
ph136906, ph832290
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001113759
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007371227505171
PARES ID
115883
Quora topic ID
International-Brigades
SVKKL authority ID
0309611-interbrigady, 0378492-interbrigadiste
Topic's main category
Category:International Brigades
Vikidia article ID
fr:Brigades_internationales
Yale LUX ID
group/656085eb-73d7-4ce2-9b95-cb395b79255f

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Edition
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🔗 Connections
← Military branch 207
George Orwell, Willy Brandt, Simone Weil, Claude Simon, Palmiro Togliatti, Erich Mielke, Mehmet Shehu, Chivu Stoica +199 more
Country 19
France, United States, Italy, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Poland, Albania +11 more
Has these parts 11
Thälmann Battalion, Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Louise Michel Battalions, XIII International Brigade, XI International Brigade, Vuilleman Battalion, Commune de Paris Battalion, XII International Brigade +3 more
← Member of 8
Christopher Caudwell, Hans Marchwitza, Joseph Boczov, Ted Allan, Carolina Bunjes-Rosenthal, Josep Almudéver Mateu, Fernando De Rosa, Jules Dumont
Participated in conflict 7
Spanish Civil War, Siege of Madrid, Battle of the Ebro, Battle of Guadalajara, Battle of Belchite, Battle of Jarama, Battle of Brunete
Political ideology 3
communism, anti-fascism, internationalism
Instance of 2
paramilitary organization, foreign legion
Subclass of 2
brigade, volunteer military
← Allegiance 2
Peko Dapčević, Veljko Vlahović
Allegiance 1
Second Spanish Republic
Founder 1
Communist Party of Spain
Headquarters location 1
Albacete
Part of 1
Spanish Republican Armed Forces
Topic's main category 1
Category:International Brigades
← Category's main topic 1
Category:International Brigades
← FactGrid item ID 1
Saint-Jory-de-Chalais
← Field of work 1
Josef Pavel
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Summary

International Brigades is a paramilitary organization[1].

Related Entities

Albacete Albania Albert O. Hirschman Belgium Bulgaria Canada Cecil Day-Lewis Chivu Stoica Claude Simon Czechoslovakia Egon Erwin Kisch Erich Mielke Ernst Busch Ferenc Münnich France George Orwell Germany Hungary Ireland Italy László Rajk Mehmet Shehu Norman Bethune Palmiro Togliatti Pietro Nenni Poland Romania Simone Weil Stephen Spender Sweden

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Paucabot · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Robert Thompson, Battalion Commander of 15th International B
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Robert Thompson, Battalion Commander of 15th International Brigade, MacKenzie-Papineau (l.), Philip Detro of Lincoln-Washington, Garcia 24th, O'Dair (Bri"
  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2PdnCB
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 370134
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 370134, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  4. 20w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0309611-interbrigady, 0378492-interbrigadiste
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0378492-interbrigadiste, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  5. 21w ago · Legonin · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Country → Second Spanish Republic, France, Italy +16
    Larousse ID → divers/wd/110210
    Allegiance → Second Spanish Republic
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Larousse ID: divers/wd/110210"
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