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The July 1936 military uprising in Melilla occurred at the start of the Spanish Civil War. The rebels seized the main garrisons of the Spanish Army in Africa, and by 18 July, had crushed the resistance of the army officers loyal to the Republican government. Supporters of the Second Spanish Republic were detained or shot.
The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil española) [note 2] was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left -leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic . [ 10 ]
The Battle of Majorca, also known as the Majorca Landings, was an amphibious landing of Republican forces early in the Spanish Civil War aimed at driving the Nationalists from Majorca and reclaiming the island for the Republic.
In early August western Andalusia turned into a springboard for the Army of Africa advance across Extremadura, which in 3 months brought rebel troops to the gates of Madrid. The African units, transported to the west Andalusian pocket, played "un papel decisivo" during first months of what turned from a failed nationwide coup into a civil war ...
The Spanish Republic at War, 1936–1939 is a 2002 monograph by Helen Graham on the Spanish political left before, during, and after the Second Republic. Bibliography [ edit ]
"The Impact of the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War on Portuguese and Spanish Africa". The Journal of African History. 26 (4): 309– 326. doi: 10.1017/S0021853700028760. Roberts, A. D., ed. (1986). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 7: From 1905 to 1940. OCLC 875518780. Wharton, Barrie (2005).
The squadron acted as a distant escort of a convoy bearing war equipment from Italy as well as troops from the Army of Africa being ferried across the Strait of Gibraltar. [ 2 ] On the same day, forces of the Spanish Republican Navy , led by Admiral Luis González de Ubieta and consisting of two light cruisers (the new Libertad and the older ...
The Republic held two-thirds of the country, the capital city, the gold reserves, the major urban centers and most of the industries. The main shock force of the rebels, the Spanish Army of Africa , was isolated in Spanish Morocco , the Republic held most of the Navy, and from 19 July, Spanish Republican Navy warships were patrolling the waters ...