The highest military awards of the Spanish Republic , the Laureate Plate of Madrid ( ) and the Madrid Distinction ( ) , established Creating by the Republican government in order to reward courage , were named Name_conferral after the capital of Spain owing to the city symbolizing valour and Antifascist resistance during the long siege throughout the Civil War .

On the 20th , the barracks was stormed Catastrophe by a mixture of workers and `` Guardias de Asalto '' ( `` assault guards '' , an urban police force ) loyal to the government , as well as five battalions of the Communist-led Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias ( MAOC ) —one of these battalions became Becoming the famous `` Fifth Regiment '' — totaling about 10,000 fighters .