The Badajoz massacre occurred in the days after the Battle of Badajoz during the Spanish Civil War. Between 500 and 4,000 civilian and military supporters...
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Badajoz (Spanish: [baðaˈxoθ] ; formerly written Badajos in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura...
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Juan Yagüe (redirect from Butcher of Badajoz)
prisoners, military and civilians, were killed or executed in Badajoz during the Badajoz massacre. Before leaving the city, Yagüe was asked by the American...
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village in Benquerencia de la Serena, municipality in the Province of Badajoz, (Extremadura, Spain). It has 135 inhabitants (200 in summer). The perpetrators...
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The Battle of Badajoz was one of the first major engagements of the Spanish Civil War, resulting in a tactical and strategic Nationalist victory, however...
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Hans Von Frunk, a German high officer in the Spanish Civil War at the Badajoz massacre Frunk, a series of live albums by Bob Schneider Frunk, a 2003 short...
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4 Campo Maior 3 2 Badajoz 1 The siege of Badajoz (16 March – 6 April 1812; [baðaˈxoθ]), also called the third siege of Badajoz, was an Anglo-Portuguese...
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The Battle of Badajoz was a military engagement between the Almoravids and the raiding party from Castile. The Castilians were soundly defeated. The nobles...
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of Badajoz (1936). August: Massacre of Badajoz. 1940 - Population: 55,869. 1944 - Archivo Histórico Provincial de Badajoz [es] (archives) established...
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bombing raids, radio harrangues of Queipo de Llano or news aboud the Badajoz massacre; Preston 2013 titled his a chapter on Paracuellos killings "the response...
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this disagreement with Chibás, Rivero published photographs of the Badajoz massacre in Diario de la Marina. In late 1939, at the conclusion of the Spanish...
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Almendralejo (category Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz)
[almendɾaˈlexo] ) is a town in the Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It is situated 45 km south-east of Badajoz, on the main road and rail route between...
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The Málaga–Almería road massacre, also known as the Desbandá, was an attack on people fleeing on foot from Málaga after the largely Republican city was...
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declared having shot 4,000 Republicans in Badajoz; until today this statement is quoted as proof that the Badajoz massacre indeed took place. He also claimed...
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Neves's chronicle was the first about the massacre of Badajoz. Neves died in 1993. NEVES, Mario. La matanza de Badajoz. Junta de Extremadura, 2007, Mérida....
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in Iberia with a numerous army and orders to annex Badajoz, Lisbon, Sintra and Santarém. Badajoz was attacked in the Spring of 1094. The emir of the...
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Battle of Almendralejo (category Province of Badajoz)
The Battle of Almendralejo was a battle and massacre in Almendralejo, Spain, in August 1936, during the first stages of the Spanish Civil War. On 7 August...
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Battle of Mérida (category History of the province of Badajoz)
out a bloody massacre. The committee of defense, led by Anita López was executed by the Nationalists. Yagüe next moved west against Badajoz with Asensio...
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members of the local Catholic Church clergy. In August 1936, the Massacre of Badajoz ended with the shooting of between 500 to 4,000 Republicans, according...
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went to fight with Sharpe in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo and the siege of Badajoz. He went on to fight in the Battle of Salamanca in Sharpe's Sword and alongside...
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to the city of Badajoz and on 14 August, after a heavy bombardment, Yagüe’s troops won the Battle of Badajoz. The Massacre of Badajoz saw Yagüe's troops...
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against Badajoz, but withdraws when Emir Mamun ibn Dhi-I-Nun of Toledo intercedes. Badajoz becomes tributary to León. Later the Emir of Badajoz dies and...
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Spain (numbers may be approximate): The New Cambridge medieval history. McKitterick, Rosamond...
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Guaranis. Further treaties such as the San Idelfonso Treaty (1777) and the Badajoz Treaty (1801) still grappled with issues related to this topic. The Christianized...
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Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-06476-X. No solo corrieron rios de sangre en Badajoz Hugh Thomas (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Modern Library. ISBN 0-375-75515-2...
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promise to a dying captain he respects), and the storming of the breach at Badajoz. He also takes an active role in the first siege of Almeida, the battles...
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Prison in the city were massacred in revenge for the Nationalist killing of over 1,500 Republicans after the storming of Badajoz. The initial strategy of...
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attack in Badajoz. In the local bullring, thousands of people are shot down by the Nationalists with machine guns. See Massacre of Badajoz. August 16...
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a general in Franco's army, became notorious for instigating the massacre at Badajoz in 1936. The village was renamed after Yagüe following his death...
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