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===Spanish Republicans=== Human wave attacks have also been deployed by the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republicans]] in Spain during the [[Spanish Civil War]] most notably their defense of [[Casa de Campo]] during the [[Siege of Madrid]], particularly the counterattack by the [[Durruti Column]] led by [[Buenaventura Durruti]].<ref>[https://carolineangus.com/tag/casa-de-campo/ This Week in Spanish Civil War History β Week 18: 14 β 21 November 1936]</ref> Also, as recounted by various former members of the [[Lincoln Battalion]], it was not uncommon for Republican commanders to order units onto attacks that were warned by field officers to be ill-advised or suicidal.<ref>{{citation |first=Calen |last=Crain |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/18/the-americans-soldiers-of-the-spanish-civil-war/amp |url-access=limited |title=Lost Illusions: The Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War |date=11 April 2016 |magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref>
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