Aragon Offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish Civil War | |||||||
Trenches of the Civil War in Castejón del Puente, Somontano de Barbastro, Aragón. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spanish Republic International Brigades CNT-FAI |
Nationalist Spain CTV Condor Legion | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Vicente Rojo Lluch Sebastián Pozas Juan Perea Enrique Líster Valentín González Karol Świerczewski Robert H. Merriman † |
Fidel Dávila Arrondo Juan Vigón Juan Yagüe Rafael García Valiño José Solchaga Antonio Aranda Camilo Alonso Vega Mario Berti | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
100,000 | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Very heavy including many captured |
Nationalist: moderate; Italian: 731 dead 2,481 wounded 13 missing |
The Aragon Offensive was an important military campaign during the Spanish Civil War, which began after the Battle of Teruel. The offensive, which ran from March 7, 1938, to April 19, 1938, smashed the Republican forces, overran Aragon, and conquered parts of Catalonia and the Levante.