The Siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General...
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Dabrowski Battalion (section Siege of Madrid)
added after the Battle of Madrid to bring the brigade up to strength.[citation needed] By early November, the Siege of Madrid was underway and the need...
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International Brigades (category Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic)
majority of them with the International Brigades. Many were veterans of World War I. Their early engagements in 1936 during the Siege of Madrid amply demonstrated...
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relieve the siege of Madrid. The earlier battle of Guadalajara and the general chaos and disorder (and, more generally, the doomed cause of Republican...
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Paracuellos massacres (category Spanish Civil War prisoner of war massacres)
of mass killings of civilians and prisoners of war by the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War that took place before and during the Siege of Madrid...
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over important cities such as Madrid. By 1937, the rebels had captured much of Spain's coastline and had laid siege to Madrid. They also conquered the remaining...
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Milicianas in the Spanish Civil War (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from July 2022)
a JSU column during the Siege of Madrid. Julia Manzanal became the Political Commissar for the Batallón Municipal de Madrid when she was only 17. From...
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Spanish Civil War (redirect from Civil War of Spain)
mounted several offensives to try to encircle Madrid, beginning the three-year siege of Madrid. The Second Battle of the Corunna Road, a Nationalist offensive...
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Juan Modesto (category Communist Party of Spain politicians)
actions of the militias and regular units (Guardias de asalto) under his command. In November he stood out again during the siege of Madrid and in January...
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The Siege of the Montaña Barracks (Spanish: Sitio del Cuartel de la Montaña) was the two-day siege which marked the initial failure of the July 1936 uprising...
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at Siege of Acre (1799), Battle of Aspern-Essling (1809), Battle of Leipzig (1813), Battle of La Rothière (1814), Battle of Laon (1814), Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube...
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José Miaja (category Spanish military personnel of the Rif War)
Defensa). He was awarded the Laureate Plate of Madrid for his role during the Siege of Madrid. After the end of the Civil War, he went to Gandia, where he...
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Vicente Rojo Lluch (category Spanish military personnel of the Rif War)
designated head of the General Staff of the Forces of Defense commanded by General Jose Miaja, head of the Junta de Defensa de Madrid created to defend...
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2 Madrid 1 At the siege of Burgos, from 19 September to 21 October 1812, the Anglo-Portuguese Army led by General Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington...
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Ernst Schacht (category Recipients of the Order of Lenin)
squadron which, on 7 November 1936, bombed Nationalist forces during the siege of Madrid. Schacht was born on 14 April 1904, in Basel, Switzerland. From 1918...
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They shall not pass (category Battle of Verdun)
siege of Madrid by Dolores Ibárruri Gómez ("Pasionaria"), a member of the Communist Party of Spain, in her famous "No pasarán" speech. The leader of the Nationalist...
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courage and the defence of the Republic during the Siege of Madrid throughout the Spanish Civil War, the Laureate Badge of Madrid was established on 25...
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follows. Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) this siege is semi or entirely mythical. Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764...
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town of Point Pleasant, Missouri, almost directly west of the island and south of New Madrid. Pope's army then moved north and soon brought siege guns...
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battle and siege of Madrid and the internal struggle of the republican government to win the war and contain the revolutionary efforts of anarchists and...
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Durruti Column (category Military units and formations of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction))
beginning of November 1936, Buenaventura Durruti with more than 3,000 people from the column directed themselves to Madrid. At the time the capital of Spain...
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Carlos Romero Giménez (category Military personnel from Madrid)
Spanish Republic, and one of the most prominent figures in the Siege of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. Subsequently, a member of the French Resistance...
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Human wave attack (section Russian invasion of Ukraine)
during the Spanish Civil War most notably their defense of Casa de Campo during the Siege of Madrid, particularly the counterattack by the Durruti Column...
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Line 3 (Madrid Metro) begins operating. 1939 March: Siege of Madrid ends; Nationalists in power. Capital of Spanish State relocated to Madrid from Burgos...
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Cybele Palace (redirect from Palacio de Comunicaciones, Madrid)
major damage from the bombings that devastated Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. During the Siege of Madrid, the building came under gun fire. The bullet...
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Segismundo Casado (category People from the Province of Segovia)
of “columna Bernal”, and according to others as “jefe de la columna Galán”. In October 1936 he was recalled to Madrid and assumed the role of head of...
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Manzanares (river) (category Rivers of the Community of Madrid)
the Siege of Madrid in the Spanish Civil War, and many bunkers can still be seen near the village of Perales del Río. The Bridge of the French was of crucial...
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after Madrid, the capital of Spain, owing to the city symbolizing valour and the defence of the Spanish Republic during the long Siege of Madrid throughout...
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The Madrid Skylitzes is a twelfth century illuminated manuscript version of the Synopsis of Histories (Greek: Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν, Byzantine Greek: [ˈsy̜...
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Tanks in the Spanish Army (redirect from Tanks of the Spanish army)
around Madrid before and during the siege of Madrid, and during the siege of the Alcázar in Toledo. They were destroyed during the siege of Madrid. The...
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