Asturias Offensive

Asturias Offensive
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Date 1 September – 21 October 1937 Location Asturias, Spain Result Nationalist victory End of the War in the North. Territorial changes Asturias captured by Nationalist forces.
Belligerents
Spanish Republic Asturias Isaac Puente Battalion	Nationalist Spain  Italy (CTV) Condor Legion
Commanders and leaders
Adolfo Prada Francisco Ciutat Francisco Galán Belarmino Tomás	Fidel Dávila Antonio Aranda José Solchaga Agustín Muñoz Grandes
Strength
45,000 180 artillery guns 1 destroyer 1 submarine	90,000 250 artillery guns 250 aircraft 2 cruisers 1 destroyer

The Asturias Offensive (Spanish: Ofensiva de Asturias, Asturian: Ofensiva d'Asturies) was an offensive in Asturias during the Spanish Civil War from 1 September to 21 October 1937.

The Nationalists launched an offensive against the Republicans in eastern Asturias which had recently become an enclave. The Nationalist force of 90,000 men, with support from the Condor Legion and the Corps of Volunteer Troops, attacked the Republican force of 45,000 men composed of Spanish Republican Army soldiers and allied Confederal militias from two directions. The Republicans resisted the much larger Nationalist force until mid-September when their lines were broken and began to lose territory to further offensives. The Nationalist capture of Gijón in late October saw the end of Republican occupation in northern Spain and the end of the War in the North.