Military Campaign during the Spanish Civil War in 1938
Aragon Offensive |
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Part of the Spanish Civil War |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Trincheras_de_Castej%C3%B3n_del_Puente.jpg/260px-Trincheras_de_Castej%C3%B3n_del_Puente.jpg) Trenches of the Civil War in Castejón del Puente, Somontano de Barbastro, Aragón. |
Date | March 7, 1938 – April 19, 1938 |
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Location | Northeastern Spain |
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Result |
Nationalist victory |
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Belligerents |
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Spanish Republic
International Brigades
CNT-FAI |
Nationalist Spain
CTV
Condor Legion |
Commanders and leaders |
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Vicente Rojo Lluch
Sebastián Pozas
Juan Perea
Enrique Líster
Valentín González
Karol Świerczewski
Robert H. Merriman † |
Fidel Dávila Arrondo
Juan Vigón
Juan Yagüe
Rafael García Valiño
José Solchaga
Antonio Aranda
Camilo Alonso Vega
Mario Berti |
Strength |
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100,000 |
Beevor: 150,000 [1]
- 600 airplanes[1]
- 700 guns[1]
- 150–200 tanks[2][3]
- thousands of trucks[3]
- Jackson: 100,000+[4]
- 700 italian and 250 german airplanes[3]
- Preston: 100,000[2]
- 1,000 airplanes[2]
- Total:
- 350,000+
- 2,550 airplanes
- 700 guns
- 150–200 tanks
- thousands of trucks
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Casualties and losses |
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Very heavy including many captured |
Nationalist: moderate; Italian: 731 dead 2,481 wounded 13 missing |
The Aragon Offensive was an important military campaign during the Spanish Civil War, which began after the Battle of Teruel. The offensive, which ran from March 7, 1938, to April 19, 1938, smashed the Republican forces, overran Aragon, and conquered parts of Catalonia and the Levante.
- ^ a b c Beevor, Antony. The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. Penguin Books. London. 2006. p.324
- ^ a b c Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, Revolution & Revenge. Harper Perennial. London. 2006. p.282
- ^ a b c Jackson, Gabriel. The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. 1967. p.407
- ^ Jackson, Gabriel. The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. 1967. pag. 407