The Siege of the Alcázar was a highly symbolic Nationalist victory in Toledo in the opening stages of the Spanish Civil War. The Alcázar of Toledo was held by a variety of military forces in favor of the Nationalist uprising. Militias of the parties in the Popular Front began their siege on July 21, that ended on September 27 with the arrival of the Army of Africa under Francisco Franco.
On July 17, 1936, Francisco Franco proclaimed a revolt of t...
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The Siege of the Alcázar was a highly symbolic Nationalist victory in Toledo in the opening stages of the Spanish Civil War. The Alcázar of Toledo was held by a variety of military forces in favor of the Nationalist uprising. Militias of the parties in the Popular Front began their siege on July 21, that ended on September 27 with the arrival of the Army of Africa under Francisco Franco.
On July 17, 1936, Francisco Franco proclaimed a revolt of the military forces in Spanish Morocco. In response to the uprising in Morocco, on July 18 the military governor of the province of Toledo, Colonel Moscardó, ordered the Guardia Civil of the province to Toledo. During the 19th and 20th of July, various attempts were made by the War Ministry of the Republican government to obtain the munitions in the Arms Factory at Toledo. Each time, Colonel Moscardó refused and was threatened that a force from Madrid would be sent against him.
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