Dimitrov Battalion (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Dimitrov Battalion was part of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. It was the 18th battalion formed, and was named after Georgi Dimitrov, a Bulgarian communist and General Secretary of the Comintern in that period. It was formed of Balkan and Greek exiles in December 1936. It soon had 800 volunteers, including about 400 Bulgarians, 160 Greeks and 25 Yugoslavs. It became part of the XV International Brigade on 31 January 1937. There it joined two battalions that were to become famous: the British Battalion and the Lincoln Battalion. They fought together for the first time at the Battle of Jarama in February 1937, with the Dimitrovs holding the right. The brigade suffered extremely heavy casualties.