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Agrupación XXIII de Marzo or XXIII de Marzo Group, was one of the Blackshirts units sent to Spain during the Spanish Civil War to make up the "Corpo Truppe Volontarie" (Corps of Volunteer Troops), or CTV. For other uses and meanings see Blackshirts (disambiguation. The Blackshirts ( Italian: camicie nere, Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of The Corps of Volunteer Troops ( Corpo Truppe Volontarie, or CTV was an Italian expeditionary force which was sent to Spain to support General Francisco This unit was attached to the 2nd CCNN Division "Fiamme Nere" during the Battle of Guadalajara in March 1937. 2nd CCNN Division "Fiamme Nere" ("Black Flames" was one of the three Blackshirts Divisions sent to Spain during the Spanish Civil War to make up the " The Battle of Guadalajara ( 8 March &ndash 23 March 1937) saw the Spanish Popular Army defeat Italian and Nationalist forces attempting to Following that defeat it was sent to Vizcaya in April 1937 with the Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade and 11 Groups of CTV Corps Artillery. In 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie began to serve in mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows units where the Italians provided the

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Battle of Guadalajara March 1937

Independent Group "XXIII March" - Console Enrico Francisci

Vizcaya April 1937

Agrupación XXIII de Marzo - Console Enrico Francisci

The Blackshirt (Camicie Nere, or CCNN) Divisions contained regular soldiers and volunteer militia from the Fascist Party.

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The Agrupación XXIII de Marzo was upgraded to Division status as the Division XXIII di Marzo prior to the Battle of Santander.
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