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With the capture of Bilbao and Santander the only remaining Spanish Republican stronghold in the north of Spain was Gijón and its surrounding area. The Spanish Nationalists, led by Generals Antonio Aranda and José Solchaga, launched an offensive through the mountains of Leon and along the coast from the east to capture Gijón.
Jan 12, 2023 · In the south, the important city of Málaga fell, with the Nationalists massacring defenders and civilians. In the north, Franco was advancing on the Basque Country, Asturias, and Cantabria. The loss of Basque and Asturian iron ore, coal, and industry was a crucial loss.
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Mainly the Report stated that Spain should remain neutral unless Suez was conquered by Axis. In that case it advised to attack Gibraltar and use Spanish Navy to blockade Gibraltar, assuming that Spain would lose Canary Islands. Franco was impressed by the report and decided not to enter in the war.
During World War II, the Spanish State under Francisco Franco espoused neutrality as its official wartime policy. This neutrality wavered at times, and "strict neutrality" gave way to " non-belligerence " after the Fall of France in June 1940.
Jul 24, 2016 · The mountainous Spanish terrain precluded the massed tank attacks and deep-penetration mechanized offensives of World War II. But it did provide invaluable experience to Hitler’s military ...
On September 1, 1937, Francoist troops set their sights on the one remaining Republican redoubt in the north: Asturias. Their victory was a sure thing. They had twice as many men and twice as much artillery as the Republicans and a virtual monopoly in the air.
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Jul 17, 2012 · By the late 1950s a new generation of workers had entered the factories and the mines. Mining in Asturias had reached its peak with 52,000 miners by 1958, compared with barely 4,000 today.
