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Sacco and Vanzetti Battalion

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Sacco and Vanzetti Battalion
Sacco eta Vanzetti Batailoia
ActiveSeptember 1936 – October 1937
Country Euskadi
Allegiance CNT-FAI
Branch Confederal militias,
Euzko Gudarostea
TypeInfantry
SizeBattalion
EngagementsSpanish Civil War:
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Juan Rivera

The Sacco and Vanzetti Battalion (Basque: Sacco eta Vanzetti Batailoia; Spanish: Batallón Sacco y Vanzetti) was a military unit of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT) from Euskadi that acted on the Northern Front during the Spanish Civil War. It was No. 4 of the CNT Militias and No. 12 of Euzko Gudarostea.[1]

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  1. ^ Vargas Alonso, Francisco Manuel (1996). "Anarquismo y Milicias de la CNT en Euskadi" [Anarchism and Militias of Euzkadi's CNT] (PDF). Vasconia (in Spanish) (24). Bilbao: Eusko Ikaskuntza: 259–299. ISSN 1136-6834.