International Brigades order of battle

[1] A further 10,000 people probably participated in non-combatant roles and about 3,000–5,000 foreigners were members of CNT or POUM.

[2] The volunteers were motivated to fight on political or social grounds and made their way to Spain independently of the Spanish government.

Instead, they evolved as a means of organising the streams of volunteers arriving from every quarter of the world.

As time went on, and the difficulties of recruiting new international volunteers increased, the percentage of Spaniards went up.

There were three platoons in each company, each divided into [four] sections of ten men, so that the Battalion at full strength would number more than 500 men...."[5] See article: Political commissar Names: Songs by Ernst Busch and the choir of the XI Brigade: Detailed Order of Battle Brigade Commanders:)[8] Chiefs of Staff: Brigade Commissars: Name: The Garibaldi Brigade Detailed Order of Battle Raised 22 October 1936 at Albacete, General "Lukàcs" (Mate Zalka) commanding.