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The Battle of Teruel was fought in and around the city of Teruel during the Spanish Civil War between December 1937 and February 1938, during the worst Spanish winter in 20 years. [9] The battle was one of the bloodiest actions of the war, with the city changing hands several times by first falling to the Republicans and eventually being ...
Republican troops are forced to abandon Teruel and follow the highway to Valencia, under pressure from Moroccan troops commanded by General Yagüe. End of the Battle of Teruel. March 6 The naval Battle of Cape Palos (the Nationalist heavy cruiser Baleares is sunk by Republican destroyers). March 13
The General Staff of the XIII Army Corps was located in Torrebaja, a town in Valencian Rincón de Ademuz located south of Teruel. [3] Its first commander was Manuel Eixea Vilar, succeeded on November 15, 1937, by Joaquín Vidal Munárriz. [4] Meanwhile Aurelio Matilla Jimeno acted as chief of staff. [4] Some of its units took part in the Battle ...
During the battle, the Nationalist cruiser Baleares was sunk. [122] Republican Victory Aragon Offensive: March 7, 1938 – April 19, 1938 [9] [123] [124] After retaking Teruel the Nationalists launched an offensive on Aragon. They took control over the province and conquered land in Catalonia and the Levante. [9] [123] [124] Nationalist Victory ...
The unit was created in March 1937 in the eastern sector of the Teruel front, employing a battalion of the POUM, anarchist militiamen of the First Confederal Column and regular troops. [ n. 1 ] For the leadership of the brigade, the infantry commander Rafael Blasco Borreguero, [ n. 2 ] while Gabriel Rodríguez Cabezas was appointed chief of ...
At the beginning of the offensive on Teruel on 15 December 1937, it was placed in reserve, [3] but it was soon attached to the XVIII Army Corps and entered combat. At the end of December, it was located west of Teruel, in the La Muela sector, defending the accesses to the city against the nationalist counteroffensive on 29 December. [4]
The lines of the Levante Army went from Rillo to the Sierra de Calomarde and Frías de Albarracín, covering various sectors of the Teruel front. In December 1937, the Levante Army was in charge of the Republican offensive in Teruel, [3] which would manage to conquer the capital of Teruel after an intense fight.
In December, during the Battle of Teruel, it was integrated together with the 11th Division into the 22nd Army Corps. [9] The forces of the 25th Division managed to conquer the Old Cemetery, the Hermitage of Santa Bárbara and the position of «El Mansueto» , although they came out of the fighting very broken.