The 22nd Division was one of the divisions of the Spanish Republican Army that were organized during the Spanish Civil War on the basis of the Mixed Brigades. It came to operate on the Andalusian and Levante fronts.
History The unit was created on April 3, 1937, within the Army of the South. The 22nd Division was born from the militarization of the old Granada sector. The unit, made up of 51st, 78th and 93rd mixed brigades, was initially under the command of Antonio Gómez de Salazar and, later, Urbano Orad de la Torre. As of June 1937, the division was integrated into the IX Army Corps, on the Andalusian front.
In the spring of 1938, the division was sent as reinforcement to the Levante front, being added to the XXI Army Corps. The division was later assigned to the XXIII Army Corps, where it remained until the end of the war.
Controls Commanders Antonio Gómez de Salazar; Urbano Orad de la Torre (from April 1937); Francisco Menoyo Baños (from June 1937); Víctor Álvarez González (from January 1938); Eusebio Sanz Asensio (from November 1938);
Commissar José Cuadras Botines, of the PCE;
Chiefs of Staff Ángel Saavedra Gil; Francisco Lucio Bañuelos (from January 1938); José Bueno Quejo (from February 1939);
Order of battle Date Attached Army Corps Integrated Mixed Brigades Battle front June 1937 IX Army Corps 51st, 78th and 93rd Andalusia April 1938 XXI Army Corps 79th, 211th and 220th Levante May 12, 1938 XXI Army Corps 6th, 129th and 220th Levante December 1938 XXIII Army Corps 51st and 55th Andalusia
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