Battle of Brunete

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battle military offensive

The Battle of Brunete was a major 1937 Spanish Civil War offensive west of Madrid, notable for intense fighting, heavy casualties, and the prominent involvement of Republican forces including the International Brigades.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Brunete canonical	16
Batalla de Brunete	1
batalla de Brunete	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Brunete ⓘ surface form: Batalla de Brunete
belligerent	Francoist Spain ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Spain Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
casualties	heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
characteristic	extensive air operations ⓘ intense fighting ⓘ large-scale use of armor ⓘ
commanderSide1	Enrique Líster ⓘ José Miaja ⓘ Juan Modesto ⓘ
commanderSide2	Andrés Saliquet ⓘ Juan Yagüe ⓘ
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
conflictEra	20th-century civil wars ⓘ
conflictType	offensive west of Madrid ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
date	1937 ⓘ
endDate	1937-07-25 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Belchite ⓘ
front	Central front of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
hasCause	Republican attempt to relieve pressure on Madrid ⓘ
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit	Condor Legion ⓘ International Brigades ⓘ Spanish Army ⓘ surface form: Spanish Nationalist Army People's Republican Army ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republican Army
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
location	Brunete ⓘ Community of Madrid ⓘ
notableFor	high Republican losses ⓘ prominent involvement of International Brigades ⓘ
objective	to divert Nationalist forces from the northern front ⓘ to relieve Nationalist pressure on Madrid ⓘ
outcome	Republican forces failed to achieve a lasting breakthrough ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Madrid ⓘ
result	Nationalist victory ⓘ
side1	Republican faction ⓘ Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
side2	Francoist Spain ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Spain Nationalist faction ⓘ
startDate	1937-07-06 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	attempt to change the balance around Madrid ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War II-era conflicts in Spain ⓘ
year	1937 ⓘ

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

International Brigades → engagedIn → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

Battle of Brunete → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batalla de Brunete

Enrique Líster → participatedIn → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

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

British Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

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

Republican forces → foughtIn → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

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

Juan Modesto → participatedIn → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

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

Brunete → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

Brunete → wasBattlegroundIn → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

Francoist military forces → notableOperation → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

Lincoln Battalion → engagedInBattle → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

Thälmann Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

Nationalist Army → notableBattle → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

Frente Central de la Guerra Civil Española → batallaImportante → Battle of Brunete ⓘ

this entity surface form: batalla de Brunete

Battle of Teruel → precededBy → Battle of Brunete ⓘ