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Anthem of the XII International Brigade - The Garibaldi Brigade

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Anthem of the XII International Brigade - The Garibaldi Brigade Canti Rivoluzionari - Doce Brigada Bandera de gloria Song and play: Marco and his comrade Paolo sing and play. Music: The italian volunteer Vittorio Cao composed the music. Approximately in the spring of 1937. Vittorio Cao was a miner. Partisan in 1943/45 in Italy. He died in 1954 at a mine-accident in Belgium. Text: Garcia y Garcia wrote the words. He was a spanish soldier. The XII International Brigade was mustered on 7th November 1936 at Albacete, Spain. It was formally named the Garibaldi Brigade, after the Italian partisan leader, Giuseppe Garibaldi. Its first commanding officer was a soviet advisor of Hungarian origin, General “Pavol Lukács“ (Mate Zalka), who went on to command the 45th Division of the Spanish Republican Army. (He was killed during the Huesca Offensive.) The brigade included, among others, the following battalions: Garibaldi Battalion - Italian and Spanish volunteers André Marty Battalion - Franco-Belgian volunteers (named after André Marty) Dabrowski Battalion also known as the Dombrowski Battalion - exiled Polish volunteers Thälmann Battalion - German and Austrian volunteers (named after Ernst Thälmann) Figlio Battalion - Spanish volunteers Madrid Battalion - Spanish volunteers Prieto Battalion - volunteers AVANTI! Giovanni Pesce: Jarama: La Batalla de Teruel: Ebro: After 1939: Viva la Republica: Posters: ...

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