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The Battle of Ciudad Universitaria was a battle at the beginning of the Siege of Madrid in the Spanish Civil War. The battle happened at the new campus of the Ciudad Universitaria from 15 to 23 November 1936. The battle caused the frontline in this part of Madrid to stabilize for most of the war.
Battle of Ciudad Universitaria: November 15, 1936 – November 23, 1936 Republican forces halted the Nationalist advance on Madrid at the campus of the Ciudad Universitaria. Republican Victory First Battle of the Corunna Road: November 29, 1936 – December 3, 1936 [69] Republican forces repelled a Nationalist attempt to cut off the Corunna Road.
During the Civil War the University City was the scene of intense fighting during the Battle of Ciudad Universitaria between 15 and 23 November 1936. The Republican militias managed to halt the columns at the command of General Varela and avoid the fall of Madrid into rebel hands. [13]
The battle petered out in December, with both sides exhausted. A frontline stabilised in the city, running from the Nationalist salient over the River Manzanares, in the University City, through the Casa de Campo park, and through the streets of the Carabanchel area Madrid was subjected to a sporadic artillery and aerial bombardment, and food ...
Bunker from the Battle of Ciudad Universitaria still standing in 2016 in the northern end of the park. During the Civil War, Parque de Oeste became the battlefield of the Battle of Ciudad Universitaria, opening trenches and building bunkers that still can be seen at its northern end.
Battle of Caspe; Catalonia Offensive; Battle of Cerro Muriano; Battle of Ciudad Universitaria; Córdoba offensive; First Battle of the Corunna Road; Second Battle of the Corunna Road; Third Battle of the Corunna Road
Battle of Ciudad Universitaria; C. 1936 Catalan coup attempt; 1936 Clay Cross by-election; E. Eighth All-Union Congress of Soviets; F. First Battle of the Corunna Road;
Later in the Civil War, in 1938, he was promoted to Colonel and was named Commander of the First Navarra Division (1ª División de Navarra) of the Francoist army, at the head of which he took part in the Battle of the Ebro, breaking the deadlock of the battle at the Serra de Cavalls in October 1938, taking 19 fortified enemy positions, killing ...