Battle of Teruel

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Teruel was a major and brutal winter campaign of the Spanish Civil War (1937–1938) in which Republican forces briefly captured the strategic Aragonese city before ultimately losing it to Franco’s Nationalists, suffering heavy casualties on both sides.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Teruel canonical 15
Teruel offensive 3
Batalla de Teruel 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Teruel ⓘ
surface form: Batalla de Teruel
belligerent Spanish Nationalists ⓘ
surface form: Nationalist Spain

Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Republic
casualties heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
characteristic extreme winter conditions ⓘ
high casualties ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ
combatant Nationalist faction (Spain) ⓘ
surface form: Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)

Republican faction in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)
commander Enrique Líster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francisco Franco ⓘ
Hernán Pérez de la Fuente NERFINISHED ⓘ
José Enrique Varela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Juan Hernández Saravia ⓘ
Juan Yagüe ⓘ
conflictOf Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date December 1937 – February 1938 ⓘ
endDate 1938-02-22 ⓘ
followedBy Aragon Offensive ⓘ
Nationalist Aragon campaign ⓘ
front Aragon Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Aragon front
involvedForce Condor Legion ⓘ
surface form: German Condor Legion

International Brigades ⓘ
Corpo Truppe Volontarie ⓘ
surface form: Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie

Nationalist Army ⓘ
surface form: Nationalist Army (Spain)

Spanish Republican Army ⓘ
location Aragon ⓘ
Teruel province ⓘ
surface form: Province of Teruel

city of Teruel ⓘ
surface form: Teruel
notableEvent Nationalist counteroffensive retaking Teruel ⓘ
Republican capture of Teruel city ⓘ
opponent Nationalist faction (Spain) ⓘ
surface form: Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)

Republican faction in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)
partOf Spanish Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Brunete ⓘ
result Nationalist victory ⓘ
season winter ⓘ
significance one of the bloodiest battles of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
temporarily shifted initiative to Republicans ⓘ
weakened Republican forces before the Aragon Offensive ⓘ
startDate 1937-12-15 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Teruel ⓘ
relieve pressure on Madrid front ⓘ
theater Eastern Front of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
weatherCondition snow ⓘ
sub-zero temperatures ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Central front of the Spanish Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Republican forces → foughtIn → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Aragon Offensive → precededBy → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion → engagedIn → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Nationalist command in the Spanish Civil War → coordinatedCampaign → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
11th Division (Spanish Republican Army) → engagedIn → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Spanish Republican Army → engagedIn → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Francoist military forces → notableOperation → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
CTV → engagedInBattle → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Requetés → notableBattle → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Lincoln Battalion → engagedInBattle → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Nationalist Army → notableBattle → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Frente Central de la Guerra Civil Española → batallaImportante → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
this entity surface form: batalla de Teruel
Popular Army of the Republic → engagedIn → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Nationalist zone → notableEvent → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
Battle of Teruel → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batalla de Teruel
Republican offensives in Aragon → hasPart → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teruel offensive
Republican offensives in Aragon → notableEngagement → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teruel offensive
Belchite offensive → followedBy → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teruel offensive
Mac-Paps → foughtIn → Battle of Teruel ⓘ
subject surface form: Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion