Sixth of February Battalion

Sixth of February Battalion
Active	1937-1938
Country	French and Belgian
Allegiance	Spain
Branch	International Brigades
Type	Battalion - Infantry
Role	Home Defence
Part of	XV International Brigade (1937)
Engagements	Spanish Civil War

The 4th "Sixth of February" Battalion (French: Bataillon Six-Février) was a Franco-Belgian International Brigade unit during the Spanish Civil War.^[1] The Battalion served in the XV and XIV International Brigades.

History

It was founded on 31 January 1937 and was formed mainly by French and Belgian volunteers. On 4 August 1937 it was moved to the XIV International Brigade.

References

↑ Beevor, Antony (2006). The Battle for Spain: the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Rev. ed.). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 210. ISBN 0-2978-4832-1.

XV International Brigade – "Abraham Lincoln"

Commanders	János Gálicz (Jan–Feb 1937) Vladimir Ćopić (Feb–Jul 1937) Klaus Becker (Jul–Aug 1937) Vladimir Ćopić (Aug 1937–Mar 1938) Robert Hale Merriman (Mar–Apr 1938) Vladimir Ćopić (Apr–May 1938) José Antonio Valledor Álvarez (May–Sep 1938)

Battalions	British Battalion Lincoln Battalion (incl. American Medical Bureau & Connolly Column) Dimitrov Battalion Sixth of February Battalion 24 Battalion Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion Washington Battalion

People	Bill Alexander Edward K. Barsky James Walker Benét Alvah Bessie Delmer Berg Herman Bottcher Edward A. Carter Jr. Christopher Caudwell Lewis Clive Morris Cohen Fred Copeman John Cornford Jock Cunningham Peko Dapčević Carmelo Delgado Delgado Charles Donnelly Bob Doyle Petar Drapšin Frank Edwards Leo Eloesser Moe Fishman John Gates Jason Gurney William Herrick Robert Hilliard Jack Jones Robert Klonsky Oliver Law Laurie Lee Maurice Levitas Yank Levy Alex McDade Kosta Nađ Conlon Nancarrow George Nathan Steve Nelson Michael O'Riordan Thomas Patten Will Paynter Koča Popović Harry Wayland Randall Esmond Romilly Frank Ryan Alfred Sherman George Sossenko Stephen Spender Wally Tapsell Robert G. Thompson Tom Wintringham Milton Wolff

Political parties	Communist Party USA Communist Party of Great Britain Communist Party of Canada Communist Party of Ireland Republican Congress League of Communists of Yugoslavia Communist Party of Cuba

Related	International Brigades Communist International Yankee Squadron International Brigade Memorial Trust Jarama Valley Songs of the Lincoln Battalion Viva la Quinta Brigada Jewish volunteers Yugoslav volunteers Irish volunteers Yugoslav Partisans Atomic spies Smith Act

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