Battle of Guadalajara

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Guadalajara was a key 1937 Spanish Civil War engagement in which Republican forces, aided by international volunteers, repelled an Italian-led offensive supporting the Nationalists, marking a significant setback for fascist intervention.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Guadalajara canonical	28
Battle of Guadalajara (1937)	3
Batalla de Guadalajara	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ surface form: Batalla de Guadalajara
belligerent	Corpo Truppe Volontarie ⓘ International Brigades ⓘ Italian volunteers for Franco ⓘ Francoist Spain ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Spain People's Republican Army ⓘ Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
cause	Italian attempt to break Republican lines north of Madrid ⓘ
commander	Enrique Jurado Barrio ⓘ János Gálicz ⓘ Luigi Frusci ⓘ Mario Roatta ⓘ Vicente Rojo Lluch ⓘ
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
date	March 1937 ⓘ
endDate	1937-03-23 ⓘ
involvedCountry	Italy ⓘ Spain ⓘ
involvedForeignSupport	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Italy (for Nationalists) Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Soviet Union (for Republicans)
involvedUnit	Corpo Truppe Volontarie armoured units ⓘ Flechas Azules Division ⓘ Flechas Negras Division ⓘ Garibaldi Battalion ⓘ Italian Blackshirt divisions ⓘ Littorio Division ⓘ International Brigades ⓘ surface form: XI International Brigade International Brigades ⓘ surface form: XII International Brigade
location	Castile-La Mancha ⓘ Province of Guadalajara ⓘ
notableFeature	heavy use of tanks and armoured cars ⓘ poor weather hampered Italian air and armoured forces ⓘ propaganda defeat for Mussolini's regime ⓘ
objective	encirclement of Madrid from the northeast ⓘ
opponentCommander	Francisco Franco ⓘ Mario Roatta ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
result	Republican victory ⓘ
startDate	1937-03-08 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	boosted morale of Republican forces ⓘ demonstrated effectiveness of International Brigades ⓘ halted Italian-led Nationalist offensive toward Madrid ⓘ marked major setback for fascist intervention in Spain ⓘ
tacticUsed	Republican defensive warfare ⓘ counteroffensive under adverse weather conditions ⓘ
theatre	Central front of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ

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

Spanish Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Battle of Guadalajara → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batalla de Guadalajara

Battle of Jarama → followedBy → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

International Brigades → engagedIn → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Enrique Líster → participatedIn → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Corpo Truppe Volontarie → engagedIn → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

People's Republican Army → participatedIn → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

People's Republican Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Corpo Truppe Volontarie armoured units → engagedInBattle → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Garibaldi Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Province of Guadalajara → historicEvent → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Enrique Jurado Barrio → participatedIn → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

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

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

Republican forces → foughtIn → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

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

Aviazione Legionaria → notableOperation → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Spanish Republican Air Force → engagedIn → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

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

Juan Modesto → participatedIn → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Guadalajara (1937)

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

Spanish Republican Army → engagedIn → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Guadalajara (1937)

CTV → engagedInBattle → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

CTV → notableDefeat → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Guadalajara sector → notableEvent → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Italian expeditionary force in Spain → notableEngagement → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Battle of Madrid → followedBy → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Thälmann Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

Nationalist Army → notableBattle → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: Battle of Guadalajara (1937)

Legionary Air Force → notableCampaign → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ

FARE → conflict → Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ