 Their siding with the former Spanish Republic's government brought about the disbandment of the corps at the end of the Civil War.The members of the "Guardia de Asalto" who had survived the combats and the ensuing Francoist purges were made part of the Policía Armada, the corps that replaced it.Following the overthrow of the Spanish Monarchy in April 1931, the new Republican regime created the Guardia de Asalto as a gendarmerie style national armed police that could be used to suppress disorders in urban areas.