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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Jarama canonical	20
Jarama	2
Batalla del Jarama	1
Battle of the Jarama	1
Jarama front	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Jarama ⓘ surface form: Batalla del Jarama
belligerent	Condor Legion ⓘ International Brigades ⓘ Corpo Truppe Volontarie ⓘ surface form: Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie Francoist Spain ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Spain Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: 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	International Brigades ⓘ surface form: Abraham Lincoln Battalion British Battalion ⓘ Condor Legion ⓘ surface form: Condor Legion air units Nationalist cavalry units ⓘ Regulares (Moroccan troops) ⓘ Republican armored units ⓘ Spanish Foreign Legion ⓘ International Brigades ⓘ surface form: XI International Brigade International Brigades ⓘ surface form: XII International Brigade International Brigades ⓘ surface form: XV International Brigade
near	Community of Madrid ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Battle of Jarama → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batalla del Jarama

International Brigades → engagedIn → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Enrique Líster → participatedIn → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Jarama River → historicallyNotableFor → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Republican Army of the Centre → notableBattle → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

British Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

British Battalion → theaterOfOperations → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jarama front

Central front of the Spanish Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Morata de Tajuña → nearbyBattle → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Republican forces → foughtIn → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → followedBy → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Jarama

Nationalist command in the Spanish Civil War → coordinatedCampaign → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Juan Modesto → participatedIn → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War) → notableEngagement → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

11th Division (Spanish Republican Army) → engagedIn → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Spanish Republican Army → engagedIn → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Francoist military forces → notableOperation → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Battle of Madrid → followedBy → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Lincoln Battalion → engagedInBattle → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Thälmann Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Christopher Caudwell → placeOfDeath → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jarama

Nationalist Army → notableBattle → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

Frente Central de la Guerra Civil Española → incluyeLocalidad → Battle of Jarama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jarama

Popular Army of the Republic → engagedIn → Battle of Jarama ⓘ