What is Louise Michel Battalions?
[[Image:Emblem of the International Brigades.svg|right|50px]] Two battalions (made up of [[volunteer]] troops) of French-speaking people in the [[International Brigades]] of the [[Spanish Civil War]] against [[fascism]], were named after [[Louise Michel]], a heroine of the [[1871]] [[Paris Commune]]. * The first battalion was an existing group of volunteers (see [[Centuria]]) who had been operating in [[Barcelona]]. This joined with battalions being formed for the [[XI International Brigade]]. * The second was a group of [[Albacete]] from French-speaking volunteers. At the end of January 1938, it was put into the [[Henri Vuilleman Battalion]] of the [[XIV International Brigade]]. ==Sources and notes== *[[Hugh Thomas]], ''The Spanish Civil War'', 4th Rev. Ed. [[2001]]. *[[Antony Beevor]], ''The Battle for Spain'', [[2006]]. *{{in lang|es}} [http://www.ogqn.com/odb_gce/epr/brigadas.htm Order of Battle website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228054055/http://www.ogqn.com/odb_gce/epr/brigadas.htm |date=2007-02-28 }} *{{in lang|es}} [http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/vexicat/brigades/bi_brigades.htm Associació Catalana Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120719140718/personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/vexicat/brigades/bi_brigades.htm |date=2012-07-19 }} {{Military-stub}} [[Category:1936 establishments]] [[Category:Spanish Civil War]]