Practices of the Spanish Civil War

German airlift

Period: Aug 1, 1936 to Sep 30, 1936

Germany transports Franco's troops to Spain from Morocco with aircraft

siege of Madrid

Period: Oct 29, 1936 to Nov 23, 1936

nationalists campaign to seize Madrid

Battle of Villareal

Period: Nov 30, 1936 to Dec 5, 1936

Nationalist win in the North

Battle of Coruna Road

Period: Dec 13, 1936 to Jan 15, 1937

stalemate- 30 000 losses

fall of Malaga

Feb 1, 1937

nationalists take Malaga and execute in mass

attacks against the Basques

Period: Mar 1, 1937 to Jun 1, 1937

terror bombings of Guernica and Durango resulted in the fall of Bilbao to the nationalists

Conquest of the Basque region

Aug 1, 1937

Republicans lost in Santander, in Northern Castile.

Republican failure in Aragon

Period: Aug 1, 1937 to Sep 30, 1937

Large loss of men and tanks when the Repulicans failed to take Saragossa.

struggle at Teruel

Period: Dec 1, 1937 to Feb 28, 1938

Republicans took Teruel, to the east of Madrid- until Franco's forces retook the city causing more than 100 000 casualties.

Separating Republican territory

1938

Nationalists reached the sea in Aragon, splitting Republican territoty in two.

Taking of Catalonia

Feb 1, 1939

Nationalists took Catalonia and reached the French frontier

Take of Madrid

Mar 28, 1939

The war drew to a close when the Nationalists took Madrid