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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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Spain. 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.
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 ...
Roman army against the Astures and Cantabri during the Cantabrian Wars (29 BC-19 BC), the last phase of the Conquest of Hispania (218 BC-19 BC). Replica of Augustus of Prima Porta in Gijón, the city with the greatest Roman legacy in Asturias.
Contrary to Winston Churchill's belief that Italy was the "soft underbelly" of Axis-dominated Europe, the Allied campaign in Italy was a long and bloody undertaking.
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Oct 6, 2020 · The northern region of Asturias, from where left-wing militants marched on the provincial capital, Oviedo, and fought the Spanish army. The difficulty for left-wing militants is that there were few, if any, self-proclaimed or identifiable fascists in the Asturian coal valleys in 1933.
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Nov 9, 2009 · The following year he deployed troops from Morocco to Asturias in northern Spain to suppress a leftist revolt, an action that left some 4,000 dead and tens of thousands imprisoned.
