The Spanish Civil War

  • African troops airlifted to Spain

    African troops airlifted to Spain
    Hitler and Mussolini provide Franco with planes to carry the troops in Morocco to Sevilla
  • The Battle for Madrid

    The Battle for Madrid
    Nationalist troops reach the capital, the government head to ValenciaInternational aid arrives and the Republicans resist
  • Objective Madrid

    Objective Madrid
    General Franco leads the African troops from the South and take Badajoz. General Mola leads the army in the North and take Gipuzkoa
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    September (1936) - March (1937)

  • Morocco

    Morocco
    The army of Morocco rebels against the Second Republic
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    The uprising

    The war starts
  • Francisco Franco

    Francisco Franco
    General Francisco Franco declares a state of war and in Morocco to control the troops
  • The uprising is defeated

    The uprising is defeated
    The uprising is defeated in Madrid and Barcelona. Zones like Valencia, Cataluá and País Vasco remain loyal to government
  • Nationalist victory in Toledo

    Nationalist victory in Toledo
    Franco´s troops win a symbolic victory in the Alcáder of Toledo
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    The Norther

    The Nationalist takes Bizcaia with the Gernika bombing and the Republican offensive in Aragón slow the advance of the Nationalist
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    The Battle of Teruel

    Nationalist gain a strategic victory that allows them to advance throught the Mediterranean
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    The Battle of the Ebro

    The Republicans try to reconnect their territories but they fail and Franco deploys mass forces to invade Cataluña.
  • Civil war within the Civil War

    Civil war within the Civil War
    The government in Valecia fall because a plot within the Republican Army. A national Council of Defence try to negotiate but Franco only accepts an unconditional surrender. The president of the government go to France
  • Nationalist in Barcelona

    Nationalist in Barcelona
    The Nationalist enter Barcelona and only Madrid, Valencia and other strongholds remain for the Republican forces
  • The end of the war

    The end of the war
    The Nationalist occupy Madrid with a general offensive and they controll all the Spanish territoty
  • Franco proclaimes victory

    Franco proclaimes victory
    Francisco Franco proclaimes the victory of the Nationalist