Guadalajara sector
E340493
The Guadalajara sector was a key front in the Spanish Civil War, particularly known for the 1937 Battle of Guadalajara involving Italian volunteer forces fighting for Franco’s Nationalists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guadalajara sector canonical | 2 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military front
ⓘ
theater of operations ⓘ |
| associatedWithLeader |
Benito Mussolini
ⓘ
Francisco Franco ⓘ |
| associatedWithUnit |
Corpo Truppe Volontarie
ⓘ
Republican Army of the Centre ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Army of the Center
|
| belligerent |
International Brigades
ⓘ
Corpo Truppe Volontarie ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie
Spanish Nationalists ⓘ
surface form:
Nationalist Spain
Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Republic
|
| conflict | Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | March 1937 ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1936–1939 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Castile-La Mancha
ⓘ
Province of Guadalajara ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Madrid ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Republican counteroffensive in March 1937
ⓘ
failure of Italian mechanized and air-supported offensive ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Spanish Nationalists
ⓘ
surface form:
Francoist Nationalists
Italian volunteer forces ⓘ |
| partOf | central front of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| partOfCampaign | operations around Madrid in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| resultOfKeyBattle | Republican victory at the Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
defense of Madrid
ⓘ
testing ground for Italian expeditionary forces ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defensive operations by Republican forces
ⓘ
offensive operations by Nationalist forces in 1937 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.