The Sacco-Vanzetti Battalion () 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.

History

The Sacco-Vanzetti battalion, 4th of the battalions organized by the CNT in Euzkadi, was completed based on companies from Gipuzkoa and new ones organized in Bizkaia.

Sacco-Vanzetti Battalion

The battalion distinguished itself in December 1936, during the Battle of Legutiano, fighting for Cestafé and Nafarrate, and suffering no less than 150 casualties. It remained a little longer on the Otxandiano front. The Sacco-Vanzetti battalion then marched to the Udala area, fighting in the third decade of April for Karraskain, suffering heavy casualties that forced them to withdraw.

Sacco-Vanzetti Battalion

Later, the unit fought in Urrutxua, Bizkargi and, merged with the Durruti Battalion in Santander, during the Battle of Kolitza. The battalion disappeared with the fall of Santander.

Sacco-Vanzetti Battalion

References

Confederación Nacional del Trabajo

Defunct anarchist militant groups

Left-wing militant groups in Spain

Military units and formations of the Spanish Civil War

Military units and formations established in 1936

Military units and formations disestablished in 1937

Confederal militias