War in the North | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish Civil War | |||||||
Map of the campaign | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spanish Republic Basque Army |
Nationalist Spain CTV Condor Legion | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Adolfo Prada Vaquero Francisco Llano de la Encomienda Francisco Ciutat Francisco Galán Belarmino Tomás |
Emilio Mola José Solchaga Fidel Davila Ettore Bastico | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
120,000 soldiers thousands of anarchists milicianos[1] 250 artillery pieces 40 tanks 70 aircraft 2 destroyers 7 armed trawlers |
100,000 Nationalist soldiers 60,000 Italian soldiers[2] 400 artillery pieces 230 aircraft 1 battleship 2 cruisers 1 destroyer | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
33,000 dead 100,000 prisoners one destroyer |
10,000 dead one battleship |
The War in the North was the campaign of the Spanish Civil War in which the Nationalist forces defeated and occupied the parts of northern Spain that had remained loyal to the Republican government.
The campaign included several separate battles. The Biscay Campaign resulted in the loss of the part of the Basque Country still held by the Republic and Bilbao, the greatest Spanish industrial centre. That part of the campaign saw the Bombing of Guernica and Durango.
The Battle of Santander caused the loss of the province of Santander in Cantabrian Castile for the Republic. The Battle of El Mazuco led to the capture of the Republican-controlled part of Asturias and the fall of Gijón, the Republic's last northern stronghold, to the Nationalists. The campaign ended on October 21, 1937 with a decisive and total Nationalist victory.