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Photographs from the Spanish Civil War. Pages in category "Spanish Civil War photographs" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Spanish Civil War had begun on July 18, 1936, after a half-failed coup d'état: the rebels had not managed to take power, but the Republic could not crush them either. This left rebel forces in control of only approximately a third of the country. [ 9 ]
Spanish Civil War photographs (3 P) This page was last edited on 20 March 2020, at 21:30 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The squadron acted as a distant escort of a convoy bearing war equipment from Italy as well as troops from the Army of Africa being ferried across the Strait of Gibraltar. [ 2 ] On the same day, forces of the Spanish Republican Navy , led by Admiral Luis González de Ubieta and consisting of two light cruisers (the new Libertad and the older ...
The Battle of Belchite refers to a series of military operations that took place between 24 August and 7 September 1937, in and around the town of Belchite (almost 4,000 inhabitants in 1936, decreasing to around 2,600 during the battle, from the repression and displacement of the first year), in Aragon during the Spanish Civil War, as part of a much bigger offensive to take Zaragoza, that ...
As a result of the failure of the coup, the Spanish Civil War began immediately afterwards. Aside from the capital city of Sevilla, the southern region of Andalucía (Andalusia) was primarily a Republican stronghold during the war. Málaga, a Republican city on the southern coast of Andalucia, was soon targeted by the Nationalist forces.
Marina Ginestà i Coloma (29 January 1919 – 6 January 2014) was a French-born Spanish communist, a member of the Unified Socialist Youth, and an iconic figure of the Spanish Civil War. She became famous due to the photo taken by Juan Guzmán on the rooftop of the Hotel Colón, Plaça de Catalunya 9, Barcelona during the July 1936 military ...
The siege of Oviedo was a siege in the Spanish Civil War that lasted from 19 July until 16 October 1936. The town garrison, under the command of Colonel Antonio Aranda Mata, took sides for the Nationalist uprising and held out until relieved by a Nationalist force from Galicia.