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The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). The city, besieged from October 1936, fell to the Nationalist armies on 28 March 1939.
First Battle of the Corunna Road: November 29, 1936 – December 3, 1936 [69] Republican forces repelled a Nationalist attempt to cut off the Corunna Road. This prevented Madrid from being cut off from the west. [69] Republican Victory Aceituna Campaign: December 13, 1936 – December 31, 1936 [60] [70] [71]
Among the unique scenes in this film, special mention should be made of the following, due to their value as historical documents: the speech of Alvarez del Vayo at the League of Nations, the speech of La Pasionaria in Paris, the defence of Irún and San Sebastián by the Basque militiamen and the battles in the streets of Carabanchel, Casa de ...
The siege of the Montaña Barracks (Spanish: Sitio del Cuartel de la Montaña) was the two-day siege which marked the initial failure of the July 1936 uprising against the Second Spanish Republic in Madrid, on 18–20 July 1936, at the start of the Spanish Civil War. The bulk of the security forces in Madrid remained loyal to the government ...
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 ...
Ebro, from the cradle to the battle: Ebro, de la cuna a la batalla: Roman Parrado Drama, History. Leva del biberón, Battle of the Ebro: 2019 Spain Exodus, from the battle to the border: Èxode, de la batalla a la frontera: Roman Parrado Lloro Drama, War. 2021 Spain The shrapnel: El metralla: Jordi Roigé i Solé: 2021 Spain Frederica Montseny ...
The Battle of Ciudad Universitaria was a battle at the beginning of the Siege of Madrid in the Spanish Civil War. The battle happened at the new campus of the Ciudad Universitaria from 15 to 23 November 1936. The battle caused the frontline in this part of Madrid to stabilize for most of the war.
German air crews supported the August-to-October 1936 Nationalist advance on Madrid, [11] and the successful relief of the Siege of the Alcázar on 27 September 1936. [12] Ultimately, the initial phase of the Siege of Madrid was unsuccessful. [12] Soviet air support for the Republicans was growing, particularly through the supply of Polikarpov ...