Flechas Azules Division was created when the Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade

Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade

In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie began to serve in mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file...

 was expanded into two Division sized units the Flechas Azules and Flechas Verdes Division

Flechas Verdes Division

The Flechas Verdes Division was a division of the Spanish army. The name means "Green Arrows" in Spanish. It was created when the Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade was expanded into two division-sized units: the Flechas Verdes and Flechas Azules Divisions. The Flechas Verdes Division served in the...

s. The Flechas Azules Division served in the Catalonia Offensive

Catalonia Offensive

The Catalonia Offensive was part of the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army started the offensive on December 23, 1938, and rapidly conquered Republican-held Catalonia with its capital city from October 1937, Barcelona. Barcelona was captured on January 26, 1939. The Republican government...

, the final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

. Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie

Corpo Truppe Volontarie

The Corps of Volunteer Troops was an Italian expeditionary force which was sent to Spain to support General Francisco Franco and the Spanish Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War...

 served in these mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file.

Order of battle

Division Flechas Azules - Col. Francesco La Ferla

• 1st Regiment
  • 1st Battalion "Cerro Toro"
  • 2nd Battalion "Sierra Lazaro"
  • 3rd Battalion "Sierra Alteruela"
  • Battery of 65/17
• 2nd Regiment
  • 1st Battalion "Sierra Avila"
  • 2nd Battalion "Sierra Argallen"
  • 3rd Battalion "Maggiore Roccio"
• Rifle Battalion
• Battalion de maquinas
  • 1st Machinegun Company
  • 2nd Machinegun Company
  • 3rd Machinegun Company
  • 4th Mortar Company
  • Anti Tank Company 47/35
• Artillery Regiment
  • Group of 65/17
  • Group of 75/27
  • Group of 100/17
  • 20mm AA Battery
  • Machinegun Company
• Engineer Company
• Radio Company
• Services Unit

Source

• de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936–1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 ISBN 84-87690-33-5