Edexcel As Level History - The Spanish Civil War 1936-39

Chapter 2
The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

August 1936
- France, Britain, Italy, Russia + 25 other counties signed a non — intervention
pact

September 1936
- Franco was acknowledged as the overall leader of the Nationalists
- Francisco Largo Caballero of the PSOE became prime minister within the Re-
publican zone
- Relief of the Siege of the Alcazar in Toledo

October 1936
- Franco became head of the Nationalist Gov + supreme military commander

November 1936
- Nationalist commanders ended the assault on Madrid

February 1937
- Battle of Jarama where Franco focused on cutting supply routes to Madrid
- Fall of Malaga to the Nationalists

March 1937
- Battle of Guadalajara

April 1937
- Franco united Carlists, Fascists + monarchists in one political movement
- Condor legion bombed and destroyed Guernica

May 1937
- Juan Negrin Lopez became Prime minister of Republic

June 1937
- Mola’s forces defeated the Basques at the Battle of Bilbao

July 1937
- Republics offensive at Brunete

September 1937
- Asturias fell to the Nationalists forces at the Battle of El Mazuco

January 1939
- Barcelona fell to the Nationalists

March 1939
- Madrid fell to the Nationalists

April 1939
- Franco declared the end of the civil war