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The uprising
July 17- The uprising starts in Morocco the army of Africa is the most prepared. July 18- General Francisco Franco military commander of the Canary Islands declared a state of war and arrives in Morocco to take control of the troops. July 19- The uprising is the fitted in Madrid and Barcelona. País Vasco Catalonia and Valencia remain loyal to the government. -
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 let the African troops from the south and general Emilio Mola commands the army in the north. By September the Francois regime take Badajoz and arrive in the Tajo valley. Mola's troops take Guipúzcoa up in the north and close the french border to the republicans -
Nationalist victory in Toledo
Franco turns his army south to Toledo where the Nationalists soldiers are resisting the Republican siege in the Alcázar. Franco's troops win a simbolicémonos victory -
The battle for Madrid
Nationalist troops reached the capital the government decides to evacuate Madrid and head to Valencia. International it arrives in time and the Republicans resist -
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The northern front
The Gernika bombing is helped the Nationalists gain a decisive victory In Bizkaia. In spite of the Republican offensive in Aragon to slow down the Nationalists advance -
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The battle of Teruel
It is one of the bitterest battles of the war. Nationalists gain a strategic victory that allowed them to advance towards the Mediterranean. The Republican zone is now cut into two and Cataluña Is isolated -
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The battle of the Ebro
The Republican government launches and all out campaign to reconnect their territory. It fails and Franco deployed mass forces to invade Cataluña, his troops enter Barcelona on 26 January 1936 -
Civil war within the civil war
A plot within the Republican army causes the government in Valencia to fall. A National Council of defence is formed tonegotiate a peace deal. Franco only accept an unconditional surrender. Juan Negrín, the President of the government fleece to France -
The end of the war
The Nationalists start a general offensive on 28th March, they occupy Madrid and the 31 March, they control all Spanish territory. The republican forces surrender. Franco proclaims victory on 1 April