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The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona, also known as the Battle of Barcelona, was a mutiny that occurred in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, from 19 to 20 July 1936. The uprising was carried out by the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Army , which was defeated by a popular resistance led by anarchist militias and Republican loyalists .
The Spanish coup of July 1936 [nb 1] was a military uprising that was intended to overthrow the Spanish Second Republic but precipitated the Spanish Civil War; Nationalists fought against Republicans for control of Spain. The coup was organized for 18 July 1936, although it started the previous day in Spanish Morocco. Instead of resulting in a ...
Spanish coup of July 1936: Francisco Franco and other high-ranking officers in the Spanish Army launched a coup against the Second Spanish Republic. The conspirators in the Army of Africa moved to seize control of Spanish Morocco. [34] Military uprising in Melilla: the Spanish rebels seized the radio station in Melilla and proclaimed martial law.
On July 24, 1936, the first voluntary militia left Barcelona in the direction of Aragon. It was the Durruti Column , of around 3,000 people, mostly workers coordinated by Buenaventura Durruti , who first implemented libertarian communism in the municipalities through which they passed.
July 18–25 – July 1936 military uprising in Seville; July 18–20 – Siege of Cuartel de la Montaña; July 19 – July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona [1] July 19–27 – Siege of Cuartel de Loyola; July 19-August 16 – Siege of Gijón; July 19-October 16 – Siege of Oviedo; July 20-23 – July 1936 coup d'état in Granada; July 21 ...
The coup divided regular forces fairly evenly. Out of some 66,000 military actually under arms in July 1936 (including the Army of Africa and the navy, excluding soldiers in service but on leave during the coup) some 52% (34,000) were in the Republican zone and 48% (32,000) in the Nationalist one. [131]
In the match, held on 21 June at the Mestalla in Valencia, Real Madrid (then known as "Madrid FC" for political reasons) defeated Barcelona 2-1 in the first El Clásico final. It was Real Madrid's 7th title in their 15th final, while Barcelona appeared for the 16th time and were denied their 13th title.
The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) broke out with a military uprising in Morocco on July 17, triggered by events in Madrid.Within days, Spain was divided in two: a "Republican" or "Loyalist" Spain consisting of the Second Spanish Republic (within which were pockets of revolutionary anarchism and Trotskyism), and a "Nationalist" Spain under the insurgent generals, and, eventually, under the ...