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did not support this initiative either, and quite the contrary, they encouraged the militias of
Catalonia and the Aragon front to adopt the structure of the People's Army of the Republic, which included their militarization. In the case of the anarchists, they were not especially enthusiastic and if
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columns) all of them arranged in the AragĂłn Front. Several more support units were formed, such as machine gun battalions in the rear, but the previous militia structure was remained intact and the measure did not have a great effect. For example, the
Ministry of Defense could not appoint heads of
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with the aim of reorganizing the military forces in
Catalonia and militarizing paramilitary militia units. On 6 December 1936 the creation of the "People's Army of Catalonia" was decreed, decree signed by the Defense Minister of Catalonia,
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they did not oppose the military project of the
Generalitat, it was because it allowed them to continue maintaining an independence that they would lose if they were subjected to militarization and integration into the Republican Army.
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assumed military command in
Catalonia. The Catalan Army disappeared and its units were integrated into the Republican Army. All these units were integrated into the
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It did not take long for the
Catalan authorities to run into major difficulties. It was evident that the republican government, which months before had created the
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Catalan independence from Spain, active from 1976 to 1980, see
327:, undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense, signed a decree that reorganized the structure of the Catalan Army. It was now made up of five divisions (the
304:. In theory their forces were theoretically around 40,000 men, but these forces were more so on paper and in reality their strength was much smaller.
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Las former popular militias were forcibly militarized and lost their own structure. The anarchist units became the
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continued to exist despite the efforts of the Generalitat. After the
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divisions, while the PSUC militia was reconstituted as
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