SCW 005 Falange militiaman charging 3

Although at the beginning of the war, the politicized militias of both sides were considered by the professional military, both republican and national, as a nuisance and a danger, since they were people with little or no military experience, little disciplined and in many fanatized cases, in a short time they became true shock units that acted heroically in numerous actions and battles. That happened not only with the Falange militias, but also with the Requeté, of traditionalist origin, the Fifth regiment of majority communist affiliation or the Durruti column, an anarchist to mention only a few.