fall of Barcelona

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battle event in the Spanish Civil War military offensive

The fall of Barcelona was a decisive Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War in January 1939, marking the collapse of Republican control in Catalonia and hastening the end of the conflict.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Defense of Barcelona	1
fall of Barcelona canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Barcelona ⓘ Caída de Barcelona ⓘ
belligerent	Spanish Nationalists ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Spain Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
civilianImpact	large-scale refugee flight toward the French border ⓘ severe shortages and disorganization in Republican-held Barcelona ⓘ
commander	Enrique Líster NERFINISHED ⓘ Francisco Franco ⓘ Juan Negrín ⓘ Juan Yagüe ⓘ
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
controlledAfter	Francoist Spain ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Spain
controlledBefore	Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
country	Spain ⓘ
date	1939-01-26 ⓘ
endDate	1939-01-26 ⓘ
followedBy	Retirada ⓘ final Nationalist offensive in central Spain ⓘ
hasCapitalInvolved	Barcelona ⓘ
involved	bombardment of Barcelona ⓘ rapid Nationalist ground advance into Catalonia ⓘ
languageOfContext	Catalan ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Catalonia ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	20th century ⓘ
militaryConsequence	destruction and disintegration of remaining organized Republican forces in Catalonia ⓘ opened route for Nationalist advance toward the French border ⓘ
opponent	Nationalist forces ⓘ Republican forces ⓘ
partOf	Catalonia Offensive ⓘ final phase of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
place	Barcelona ⓘ
politicalConsequence	collapse of Republican government authority in Catalonia ⓘ increased diplomatic isolation of the Spanish Republic ⓘ loss of major industrial and symbolic center for the Republic ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of the Ebro ⓘ Catalonia Offensive ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Catalonia Offensive
relatedTo	Francoist Spain ⓘ end of the Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
result	Nationalist victory ⓘ
significance	collapse of Republican control in Catalonia ⓘ decisive turning point toward Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ hastened the end of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ precipitated mass Republican civilian exodus to France ⓘ
startDate	1939-01-17 ⓘ
year	1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Catalonia Offensive → keyEvent → fall of Barcelona ⓘ

Spanish Republican Air Force → engagedIn → fall of Barcelona ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defense of Barcelona