Spanish Civil War Timeline of Events

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

Timeline of Events

1936

7.17.1936

Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.

7.18.1936

In Spanish Morocco, military rebels attempt a coup d'état against the legitimacy of the Spanish government. This will lead to the Spanish Civil War.

7.26.1936

The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.

1937

2.21.1937

The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.

3.18.1937

Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.

4.26.1937

Spanish Civil War: Guernica (or Gernika in Basque, Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.

5.7.1937

Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.

9.5.1937

Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls.

9.6.1937

Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.

9.22.1937

Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.

1938

5.25.1938

Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.

1939

1.26.1939

Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.

3.28.1939

Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.

4.1.1939

Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.

6.6.1939

German dictator Adolf Hitler gives a public address to returning German volunteers who fought as Legion Kondor during the Spanish Civil War.