Anti-Fascist Popular Guard
| Anti-Fascist Popular Guard | |
|---|---|
Guardia Popular Antifascista Participant in the Creeperian Civil War | |
 Flag of the Anti-Fascist Popular Guard (1933–1949) | |
| Active | 17 February 1928 – 30 September 1949 |
| Ideology |
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| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| Allegiance |  Creeperian Socialist Party (until 1933) National Council (from 1933) |
| Commandant | Juan Franco León (1928–1931) Álvaro Pérez Murillo (1931–1933) Martín Yagüe Ruíz (1933–1943) Miguel Duarte Piñón (1943–1949) |
| Headquarters | San Salvador (until 1933) Adolfosburg (from 1933) |
| Size | 60,000 (1940) |
| Colors | Red and gold |
| Allies | |
| Opponent(s) | |
| Battles and war(s) | Creeperian Civil War |
The Anti-Fascist Popular Guard (Creeperian: Guardia Popular Antifascista, abbreviated GPA) was a far-left paramilitary group which existed from 1928 until it was abolished and banned in 1949. The GPA was formed on 17 February 1928 by the Creeperian Socialist Party (PSC), ten days after the assassination of Socialist Prime Minister Édgar Cazalla Beldad by the far-right Camisas Negras paramilitary. The GPA was established as a group of militarized security personnel for the Creeperian Socialist Party.
After the outbreak of the Creeperian Civil War on 2 January 1933, the National Council for Peace and Order seized control of the GPA and repurposed it to serve as a volunteer group to report sabotage efforts and dissident activity within the territory controlled by the National Council. Unlike many of the other paramilitary groups commanded by the National Council, the GPA was not involved in many serious war crimes or crimes against humanity as it served a more logistical role during the war rather than a combat role. Regardless, following the end of the civil war on 30 September 1949, the victorious Catholic Imperial Restoration Council banned the GPA and ordered the arrest of its members for collaboration with the National Council.
