The War in the North, in the Spanish Civil War was the campaign in which the Nationalist forces defeated and occupied the parts of northern Spain that remained loyal to the Republican government. The campaign included several separate battles. The Battle of Bilbao resulted in the loss of the part of Basque Country still held by the Republic. During this part of the campaign we witness the Bombing of Guernica and Durango. The Battle of Santander c...
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The War in the North, in the Spanish Civil War was the campaign in which the Nationalist forces defeated and occupied the parts of northern Spain that remained loyal to the Republican government. The campaign included several separate battles. The Battle of Bilbao resulted in the loss of the part of Basque Country still held by the Republic. During this part of the campaign we witness the Bombing of Guernica and Durango. The Battle of Santander caused the loss of the province of Santander in Cantabrian Castile for the Republic. The Battle of El Mazuco lead to the capture of the Republican controlled part of Asturias and the fall of Gijón, the Republic's last stronghold in the North, to the Nationalists. The campaign ended October 21, 1937 with a decisive and total Nationalist victory.
With the fall of Irun and then San Sebastián, in September, 1936, the Nationalists campaign in Guipúzcoa isolated the Republican controlled areas in northern Spain to the provinces of Vizcaya, Santander...
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