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African troops airlifted to Spain
Hitler and Mussolini provide Franco with planes to carry the troops in Morocco to Sevilla -
The Battle for Madrid
Nationalist troops reach the capital, the government head to ValenciaInternational aid arrives and the Republicans resist -
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)
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Morocco
The army of Morocco rebels against the Second Republic -
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The uprising
The war starts -
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 in Madrid and Barcelona. Zones like Valencia, Cataluá and País Vasco remain loyal to government -
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
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
The Nationalist enter Barcelona and only Madrid, Valencia and other strongholds remain for the Republican forces -
The end of the war
The Nationalist occupy Madrid with a general offensive and they controll all the Spanish territoty -
Franco proclaimes victory
Francisco Franco proclaimes the victory of the Nationalist