Story Behind The International Brigades “The International Brigades (Spanish:&nb

Story Behind The International Brigades “The International Brigades (Spanish: Brigadas Internacionales) were military units made up of volunteers from up to 53 different countries, who traveled to Spain to defend the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939.

The number of combatant volunteers has been estimated at between 32,000–35,000, though with no more than about 20,000 active at any one time. A further 10,000 people probably participated in non-combatant roles and about 3,000–5,000 foreigners were members  or POUM. They came from a claimed "53 nations” to fight against the Spanish Nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco and assisted by German and Italianforces.