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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.
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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
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General Franco leads the African troops from the south and General Emilio Mola commands the army from the north
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Nationalist troops reach the capital. International aid arrives in time and the Republicans resist
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The Gernika bombing helped the Nationalists gain a decisive victory in Bizcaia
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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 -
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 -
Franco turns his army south to Toledo where the Nationalist soldiers are resisting the Republican siege in the Alcázar.
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It is one of the bitterest battles of the war
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The Republican government launches an all-out campaign to reconnect their territory
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Franco only accepts an unconditional surrender
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They occupy Madrid and they control all Spanish territory. Franco proclaims victory on 1 April