Andalusia campaign

Andalusia campaign
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Women of Constantina imploring mercy from the rebels
Date July – October 1936 Location Andalusia, Spain Result Nationalist victory
Belligerents
Nationalist Spain	Spanish Republic
Commanders and leaders
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano José Enrique Varela Antonio Castejón	José Miaja
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Andalusia Campaign refers to the set of military operations that took place in Andalusia between the nationalist and republican forces, during the first months of the Spanish Civil War.

The military coup had managed to triumph in several Andalusian provincial capitals —Seville, Córdoba, Granada or Cádiz—,^[1] but most of the territory remained loyal to the Republic. The arrival of powerful reinforcements from the Army of Africa and the inability of the republican forces allowed the rebels to gain control of most of western Andalusia, uniting the main centers that they controlled. However, the bulk of the rebel forces headed towards Extremadura and the central area of the peninsula,^[2] so the Andalusian front would end up becoming a secondary sector during the rest of the contest.^[3]