Battle of the Ebro

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battle event of the Spanish Civil War military engagement

The Battle of the Ebro was the largest and one of the bloodiest engagements of the Spanish Civil War, marking a decisive defeat for the Republican forces and paving the way for Franco’s ultimate victory.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Ebro canonical	37
Ebro offensive	2
Batalla del Ebro	1
Battle of the Ebro battlefields	1
Republican crossing of the Ebro	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
airPowerUsedBy	Aviazione Legionaria ⓘ Condor Legion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Ebro ⓘ surface form: Batalla del Ebro
belligerent	Francoist Spain ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Spain Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
casualties	tens of thousands killed and wounded ⓘ
combatant	Nationalist faction ⓘ Republican forces ⓘ surface form: Republican faction
commander	Enrique Líster ⓘ Gonzalo Queipo de Llano ⓘ Hugo Sperrle ⓘ Juan Modesto ⓘ Juan Yagüe ⓘ Manuel Tagüeña ⓘ
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
consequence	opened the way for Nationalist advance into Catalonia ⓘ paved the way for Franco’s ultimate victory in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ severely weakened Republican military capacity ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
endDate	1938-11-16 ⓘ
followedBy	Catalonia Offensive ⓘ
historicalSignificance	turning point that made Republican defeat highly likely ⓘ
involvedBranch	air force ⓘ artillery ⓘ infantry ⓘ
location	Aragon ⓘ Catalonia ⓘ Ebro River ⓘ Ribera d’Ebre ⓘ Terra Alta ⓘ
notableFeature	largest battle of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ one of the bloodiest engagements of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
outcome	decisive defeat of Republican forces ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Aragon Offensive ⓘ
primaryOpposingLeader	Francisco Franco ⓘ
result	Nationalist victory ⓘ
riverCrossing	Ebro River crossing by Republican forces on 1938-07-25 ⓘ
startDate	1938-07-25 ⓘ
strategicObjective	Republican attempt to reconnect Republican-held territories ⓘ Republican attempt to relieve pressure on Valencia front ⓘ
supportedBy	International Brigades ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
theater	Eastern Front of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
timePeriod	1938 ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	conventional land warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Spanish Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Condor Legion → engagedIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

International Brigades → engagedIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Battle of the Ebro → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batalla del Ebro

Enrique Líster → participatedIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

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

British Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

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

Nationalist faction (Spain) → notableEvent → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Republican forces → foughtIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Ribera d’Ebre → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Eastern Front of the Spanish Civil War → majorBattle → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Eastern Front of the Spanish Civil War → notableEvent → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republican crossing of the Ebro

Catalonia Offensive → precededBy → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Aragon Offensive → followedBy → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Aviazione Legionaria → notableOperation → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Terra Alta → knownFor → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Ebro battlefields

Terra Alta → historicalEvent → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion → engagedIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Spanish Republican Air Force → engagedIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

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

Juan Modesto → participatedIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Manuel Tagüeña → participatedIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Spanish Nationalist Air Force → notableOperation → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

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

Spanish Republican Army → engagedIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Francoist military forces → notableOperation → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Requetés → notableBattle → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Lincoln Battalion → engagedInBattle → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ebro offensive

Thälmann Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Ebro front → notableEvent → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Nationalist Army → notableBattle → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

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

Nationalist zone → notableEvent → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

fall of Barcelona → precededBy → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Legionary Air Force → notableCampaign → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Corbera d'Ebre → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Vilalba dels Arcs → historicalEvent → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Gandesa → knownFor → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

Mac-Paps → foughtIn → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

subject surface form: Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion

this entity surface form: Ebro offensive

Aviación Nacional → notableOperation → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ

FARE → conflict → Battle of the Ebro ⓘ