Battle of Jarama

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Jarama was a major 1937 engagement of the Spanish Civil War near Madrid, in which Republican forces, including many International Brigades, fought to halt a Nationalist attempt to cut the capital off from Valencia.

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Batalla del Jarama →
belligerent	Condor Legion → International Brigades → Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie → Nationalist Spain → Spanish Republic →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
commander	Enrique Líster → José Enrique Varela → José Miaja → Luis Orgaz Yoldi → Vicente Rojo Lluch →
conflict	Spanish Civil War →
country	Spain →
date	February 1937 →
endDate	1937-02-27 →
followedBy	Battle of Guadalajara →
front	Central front of the Spanish Civil War →
involvedUnit	Abraham Lincoln Battalion → British Battalion → Condor Legion air units → Nationalist cavalry units → Regulares (Moroccan troops) → Republican armored units → Spanish Foreign Legion → XI International Brigade → XII International Brigade → XV International Brigade →
near	Arganda del Rey → Morata de Tajuña →
notableFor	high casualty rates among foreign volunteers → intense infantry and artillery combat → large-scale participation of International Brigades →
objective	to cut the Madrid–Valencia road → to encircle Madrid →
opposedBy	Republican Army of the Centre →
partOf	Spanish Civil War →
place	Jarama River → near Madrid →
precededBy	Siege of Madrid →
result	Republican strategic success in preventing encirclement of Madrid → indecisive →
riverCrossing	Jarama River →
startDate	1937-02-06 →
strategicSignificance	prevented Nationalists from severing Madrid’s road link to Valencia →
theater	Madrid front →
weaponUsed	aircraft → artillery → tanks →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central front of the Spanish Civil War → Republican Army of the Centre → Spanish Civil War →	notableBattle
Battle of Jarama ("Batalla del Jarama") →	alsoKnownAs
International Brigades →	engagedIn
Nationalist offensive of November 1936 ("Battle of the Jarama") →	followedBy
Republican forces →	foughtIn
Jarama River →	historicallyNotableFor
Morata de Tajuña →	nearbyBattle
British Battalion →	notableEngagement
Enrique Líster →	participatedIn
British Battalion ("Jarama front") →	theaterOfOperations