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Asturias Offensive

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The Asturias Offensive (Ofensiva de Asturias) was an offensive in Asturias during the Spanish Civil War which lasted from 1 September to 21 October 1937. [1]

39 relations: Adolfo Prada, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, Antonio Aranda, Asturias, Battle of Belchite (1937), Battle of El Mazuco, Belarmino Tomás, Campo de Caso, Cantabrian Mountains, Carpet bombing, Chief of staff, Churruca-class destroyer, Condor Legion, Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, Corpo Truppe Volontarie, Covadonga, Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Field army, Flight (military unit), Francisco Ciutat de Miguel, Francisco Galán, Francoist Spain, Gijón, Guerrilla warfare, José Solchaga, La Felguera, Llanes, Montes de León, Napalm, Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Polikarpov I-16, Ribadesella, Second Spanish Republic, Spain, Spanish Civil War, Spanish Republican Army, Squadron (aviation), Tziaos, War in the North.

Adolfo Prada

Adolfo Prada Vaquero.

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Agustín Muñoz Grandes

Agustín Muñoz Grandes (27 January 1896 – 11 July 1970) was a Spanish general, and politician, vice-president of the Spanish Government and minister with Francisco Franco several times; also known as the commander of the Blue Division between 1941 and 1942.

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Antonio Aranda

Antonio Aranda Mata (1888, Leganés - 1979, Madrid) was a military officer who fought on side of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.

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Asturias

Asturias (Asturies; Asturias), officially the Principality of Asturias (Principado de Asturias; Principáu d'Asturies), is an autonomous community in north-west Spain.

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Battle of Belchite (1937)

The Battle of Belchite refers to a series of military operations that took place between 24 August and 7 September 1937, in and around the small town of Belchite, in Aragon during the Spanish Civil War.

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Battle of El Mazuco

The Battle of El Mazuco was fought between 6 and 22 September 1937, between the Republican and Nationalist armies during the Spanish Civil War as a part of the War in the North campaign.

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Belarmino Tomás

Belarmino Tomás Álvarez (April 29, 1892 in Aguilar de Campos, Province of Valladolid – September 14, 1950 in Mexico) was a socialist politician.

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Campo de Caso

Campo de Caso (variant: El Campu) is one of ten parishes (administrative divisions) in Caso, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

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Cantabrian Mountains

The Cantabrian Mountains or Cantabrian Range (Cordillera Cantábrica) are one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain.

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Carpet bombing

Carpet bombing, also known as saturation bombing, is a large aerial bombing done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land.

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Chief of staff

The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a president or a senior military officer.

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Churruca-class destroyer

The Churruca class was a Spanish destroyer class built for the Spanish Navy based on a British design.

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Condor Legion

The Condor Legion (Legion Condor) was a unit composed of military personnel from the air force and army of Nazi Germany, which served with the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War of July 1936 to March 1939.

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Confederación Nacional del Trabajo

The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labour; CNT) is a Spanish confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labour unions, which was long affiliated with the International Workers' Association (AIT).

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Corpo Truppe Volontarie

The Corps of Volunteer Troops (Corpo Truppe Volontarie, CTV) was a Fascist Italian expeditionary force which was sent to Spain to support the Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco against the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–39.

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Covadonga

Covadonga (Asturian: Cuadonga, from the Visigothic/Old Germanic "Cofa Weorðunga", meaning "Cave of Worship/True, Loyal Thanks", or "Cofa Ðunga/Ðanca", meaning "Cave of Thanks/Gratitude", is a village and one of 11 parishes in Cangas de Onís, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in Northwestern Spain. It is situated in the Picos de Europa mountains.

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Fidel Dávila Arrondo

Fidel Dávila Arrondo (24 April 1878 – 22 March 1962) was a Spanish Army officer during the Spanish Civil War.

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Field army

A field army (or numbered army or simply army) is a military formation in many armed forces, composed of two or more corps and may be subordinate to an army group.

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Flight (military unit)

A flight is a military unit in an air force, naval air service, or army air corps.

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Francisco Ciutat de Miguel

Francisco Ciutat de Miguel (1909 – November 30, 1986) (known as Angelito) was a Spanish communist Lieutenant of infantry and Commander.

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Francisco Galán

Francisco Galán Rodriguéz (1902–1971), was a Spanish military officer.

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Francoist Spain

Francoist Spain (España franquista) or the Franco regime (Régimen de Franco), formally known as the Spanish State (Estado Español), is the period of Spanish history between 1939, when Francisco Franco took control of Spain after the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War establishing a dictatorship, and 1975, when Franco died and Prince Juan Carlos was crowned King of Spain.

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Gijón

Gijón, or Xixón is the largest city and municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.

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José Solchaga

José Solchaga Zala (1881, Aberin, Navarre - 1953) was a Spanish general who fought for the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.

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La Felguera

La Felguera is an urban district of the city of Langreo Llangréu in the municipality of Langreo, Asturies, in the north of Spain, with 21,000 inhabitants.

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Llanes

Llanes (the Concejo de Llanes, Conceyu de Llanes in Asturian language) is a municipality of the province of Asturias, in northern Spain.

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Montes de León

The Montes de León (Spanish for "mountains of León", named after the ancient Kingdom of León) is a mountain range in north-western Spain, in the provinces of León and Zamora.

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Napalm

Napalm is a mixture of a gelling agent and either gasoline (petrol) or a similar fuel.

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Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)

The Nationalist faction (Bando nacional) or Rebel faction (Bando sublevado) was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939.

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Polikarpov I-16

The Polikarpov I-16 was a Soviet fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world's first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status and as such "introduced a new vogue in fighter design."Green, William.

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Ribadesella

Ribadesella (Asturian: Ribesella) is a small (84 km2) municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain.

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Second Spanish Republic

The Spanish Republic (República Española), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (Segunda República Española), was the democratic government that existed in Spain from 1931 to 1939.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española),Also known as The Crusade (La Cruzada) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War (Cuarta Guerra Carlista) among Carlists, and The Rebellion (La Rebelión) or Uprising (Sublevación) among Republicans.

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Spanish Republican Army

The Spanish Republican Army (Ejército de la República Española) was the main branch of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.

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Squadron (aviation)

A squadron in air force, army aviation, or naval aviation is a unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force.

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Tziaos

Tziaos (Τζιάος or Κιάδος; Serdarlı or Çatoz) is a Turkish Cypriot village in Cyprus, located 3 km north of Marathovounos.

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War in the North

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.

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Redirects here:

Asturias Campaign.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asturias_Offensive

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