War in the North

War in the North
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Map of the campaign
Date March 31 – October 21, 1937 Location Northern Spain Result Nationalist victory
Belligerents
Spanish Republic Basque Army	Nationalist Spain CTV Condor Legion
Commanders and leaders
Adolfo Prada Vaquero Francisco Llano de la Encomienda Francisco Ciutat Francisco Galán Belarmino Tomás	Emilio Mola José Solchaga Fidel Davila Ettore Bastico
Strength
120,000 soldiers thousands of anarchists milicianos[1] 250 artillery pieces 40 tanks 70 aircraft 2 destroyers 7 armed trawlers	100,000 Nationalist soldiers 60,000 Italian soldiers[2] 400 artillery pieces 230 aircraft 1 battleship 2 cruisers 1 destroyer
Casualties and losses
33,000 dead 100,000 prisoners one destroyer	10,000 dead one battleship

The War in the North was the campaign of the Spanish Civil War in which the Nationalist forces defeated and occupied the parts of northern Spain that had remained loyal to the Republican government.

The campaign included several separate battles. The Biscay Campaign resulted in the loss of the part of the Basque Country still held by the Republic and Bilbao, the greatest Spanish industrial centre. That part of the campaign saw the Bombing of Guernica and Durango.

The Battle of Santander caused the loss of the province of Santander in Cantabrian Castile for the Republic. The Battle of El Mazuco led to the capture of the Republican-controlled part of Asturias and the fall of Gijón, the Republic's last northern stronghold, to the Nationalists. The campaign ended on October 21, 1937 with a decisive and total Nationalist victory.