Flechas Negras Division was created when the Flechas Division

Flechas Division

Flechas Division was created from the Flechas Negras Brigade expanded into a Division sized unit. It served in the Aragon Offensive and the March to the Sea, in 1938, during the Spanish Civil War...

 was further strengthened with support units and renamed. It served in the that took part in the Catalonia Offensive

Catalonia Offensive

The Catalonia Offensive was part of the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army started the offensive on December 23, 1938, and rapidly conquered Republican-held Catalonia with its capital city from October 1937, Barcelona. Barcelona was captured on January 26, 1939. The Republican government...

, the final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

. Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie

Corpo Truppe Volontarie

The Corps of Volunteer Troops was an Italian expeditionary force which was sent to Spain to support General Francisco Franco and the Spanish Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War...

 served in these mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file.

Order of battle

Flechas Negras Division - Col. Valentino Babini

• 1st Regiment
  • 1st Battalion "Monte Jata"
  • 2nd Battalion "Bermeo"
  • 3rd Battalion "Munguia"
  • Battery of 65/17
• 2nd Regiment
  • 1st Battalion "Peña Amarilla"
  • 2nd Battalion "Santoña"
  • 3rd Battalion "Algorta"
  • Battery of 65/17
• Fusilier Battalion "Laredo"
• Independent Fusilier Battalion
• Battalion de maquinas
  • 1st Machinegun Company
  • 2nd Machinegun Company
  • 3rd Machinegun Company
  • 4th Mortar Company
• Auto Company
• Artillery Regiment
  • Group of 65/17
  • Group of 75/27 "Vizcaya"
  • Group of 100/17
  • 20mm Battery
• Engineer Battalion
• Logistics Company

Source

• de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936–1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 ISBN 84-87690-33-5