Catalonia Offensive

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Catalonia Offensive

Map of Spain in November 1938, after the end of the Battle of the Ebro. Republican territory is in red, and Nationalist territory is blue. Please click on map to enlarge the image.

Date	December 23, 1938 – February 10, 1939
Location	Northeastern Spain
Result	Decisive Nationalist victory

Belligerents

Spanish Republic

Nationalist Spain

Commanders

Juan Hernández Saravia

Fidel Dávila Arrondo

Strength

300,000
360 artillery pieces
200 tanks and armoured cars
80 aircraft)^[1]

300,000
562 artillery pieces
500 aircraft)^[2]

Casualties and losses

? dead
10,000 wounded
60,000 captured
220,000 disarmed in France ^[3]

? dead
? wounded
? captured

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Spanish Civil War

Alcázar – Gijón – Oviedo – Guipúzcoa - Mérida – Badajoz – Mallorca – Sierra Guadalupe – Irún - Monte Pelato – Talavera – Cape Espartel – Madrid – Corunna Road – Málaga – Jarama - War in the North – Guadalajara – Guernica – Bilbao – Brunete – Santander – Belchite – El Mazuco – Cape Cherchell – Teruel – Cape Palos - Aragon Offensive - XYZ Line – Ebro - Catalonia
Chronology: 1936 1937 1938-39

The Catalonia Offensive was part of the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army started the offensive on December 23, 1938, and rapidly conquered Republican held Catalonia with its capital city, Barcelona. Barcelona was captured on January 26, and Franco closed the border with France by February 10, 1939.