Nationalist offensive of November 1936

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battle of the Spanish Civil War military offensive

The Nationalist offensive of November 1936 was a major early campaign in the Spanish Civil War in which Franco’s forces attempted, but ultimately failed, to capture Madrid.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Nationalist November offensive against Madrid	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt	rapid seizure of the Republican capital ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nationalist offensive of November 1936 ⓘ surface form: Nationalist November offensive against Madrid
belligerent	Spanish Nationalists ⓘ Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
commander	Francisco Franco ⓘ
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
conflictType	civil war battle ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
defendedBy	Siege of Madrid ⓘ surface form: International Brigades in Madrid Republican Army of the Centre ⓘ surface form: Republican Army workers’ militias ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ Battle of Jarama ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Jarama Corunna ⓘ surface form: Nationalist offensive on the Corunna Road
front	Siege of Madrid ⓘ surface form: Madrid front
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
location	Madrid ⓘ
objective	capture of Madrid ⓘ
opponent	Republican forces defending Madrid ⓘ
opposedBy	International Brigades ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Madrid ⓘ
politicalContext	struggle between Nationalist rebels and Republican government ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Madrid ⓘ surface form: Nationalist advance on Madrid (July–October 1936)
result	Nationalist failure to capture Madrid ⓘ
side	Francoist Spain ⓘ
significance	boosted Republican morale ⓘ demonstrated resilience of Madrid’s defenses ⓘ stopped Nationalist advance on the Republican capital ⓘ
startDate	1936-11 ⓘ
strategicOutcome	prolongation of the siege of Madrid ⓘ
supportedBy	Fascist Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
tactic	frontal assault on Madrid ⓘ
theatreOfWar	Central Spain ⓘ
usedMilitaryUnit	Spanish Army of Africa ⓘ surface form: Army of Africa International Brigades ⓘ Regulares ⓘ Republican militias ⓘ Spanish Foreign Legion ⓘ
usedWeapon	aerial bombing ⓘ armoured vehicles ⓘ artillery bombardment ⓘ
year	1936 ⓘ

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Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → alsoKnownAs → Nationalist offensive of November 1936 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nationalist November offensive against Madrid

Siege of Madrid → notableEvent → Nationalist offensive of November 1936 ⓘ