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Objective Madrid
General Franco leads the African troops from the south and General Emilio Mola commands the army from the north. By September, the Francoist troops take Badajoz and arrive in the Tajo Valley. Mola´s troops in the north take Guipuzkoa and close the French border to the Republicans. -
The African troops are airlifted
In the first week of August, Hitler and Mussolini provide Franco with planes to carry out the first major military airlift of troops from Africa to Sevilla -
Objective Madrid
General Franco leads the African troops from the south and General Emilio Mola commands the army from the north -
The Battle for Madrid
Nationalist troops reach the capital. International aid arrives in time and the Republicans resist -
The Northern front
The Gernika bombing helped the Nationalists gain a decisive victory in Bizcaia -
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The uprising
July 17. The uprising starts in Marocco. The Army of Africa is the most prepared. Its support for the rebels is decisive.
July 18. General Francisco Franco, military commander of the Canary Islands, declares a state of war and arrives in Morocco to take control of the troops.
July 19. The uprising is defeated in Madrid and Barcelona. País Vasco, Cataluña and Valencia remain loyal to the government -
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The uprising
July 17. The uprising starts in Morocco
July 18. General Francisco Franco declares a state of war
July 19. The uprising is defeated in Madrid and Barcelona -
Nationalist victory in Toledo
Franco turns his army south to Toledo where the Nationalist soldiers are resisting the Republican siege in the Alcázar. -
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The Battle of Teruel
It is one of the bitterest battles of the war -
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The Battle of Ebro
The Republican government launches an all-out campaign to reconnect their territory -
Civil war within the Civil War
Franco only accepts an unconditional surrender -
The end of the war
They occupy Madrid and they control all Spanish territory. Franco proclaims victory on 1 April