The Assault Guards were
special police units created by the Spanish Republic in 1931 to deal
with urban violence. At the start of the Spanish
Civil War there were 18,000 Assault Guards. About 12,000 stayed
loyal to the Popular Front government,
while another 5,000 joined the Nationalists.
The Assault Guards helped
to put down the Nationalist uprising in June 1936. They were also
used against the Anarcho-Syndicalists and
the Worker's Party (POUM) in Barcelona
in May 1937.
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