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The Palafox Battalion was a volunteer unit of largely Polish and Spanish composition in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. It was named after José de Palafox, a Spanish general who successfully fought French Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War. The Palafox Battalion was formed on 28 June 1937 as a unit of the 150th International Brigade. It was formed from Poles, and Soviet citizens, with a nucleus of Spanish volunteers from the ''Pasionaria Battalion''. "Most of its companies were commanded by Red Army lieutenants"〔Beevor, ''The Battle for Spain'' (2006), p 163〕). On 4 August 1937, two of its companies were sent to reinforce XIII International Brigade, with the remaining companies following in early October. On 12 October 1936, the Palafox Battalion was merged with the Mickiewicz Battalion to form the 4th battalion of XIII International Brigade. It remained with the XIIIth Brigade until the International Brigades were demobilised on 23 September 1938. It was formed on 28 Jun 1937 and, until 12 October 1937 attached to 150th International Brigade. It was then transferred to XIII International Brigade (the ''13th Dabrowski Brigade''). It has five companies of which No. 2 was a specifically Jewish unit. 1 Coy: 2 Coy: Naftalí Botwin 3 Coy: Adam Mickiewicz 4 Coy: Taras Szewczenko 5 Coy: Ludwik Warynski ==Adam Mickiewicz Company== It was common practice in the International Brigades to build new battalions around existing veteran companies and the Palafox Battalion's third company was used as the nucleus for the Mickiewicz Battalion. ==Naftali Botwin Company == This company was formed of Jewish volunteers and was a sub-unit of the Palafox Battalion during the Spanish Civil War. It was named after Naftali Botwin, a Polish Jew who was executed in 1925 for killing a police informer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palafox Battalion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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