Battle of Alfambra

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Battle of Alfambra
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Date 5–7 February 1938 Location Teruel, Aragon, Spain Result Nationalist victory[1]
Belligerents
Spanish Republic	Nationalist Spain  Italy  Germany
Commanders and leaders
General Juan Hernández Saravia[2]	Rafael García Valiño Colonel Juan Yagüe General Antonio Aranda Colonel Jose Monasterio General Juan Vigon
Strength
fewer than 50,000 120 fighters[3] 80 bombers[4]	100,000 500 guns[5] 150 fighters[6] 100 bombers[7]
Casualties and losses
20,000[8]-22,000	?

The Battle of Alfambra took place near Alfambra from 5 to 8 February 1938, during the Spanish Civil War, and was a part of the Battle of Teruel. After the conquest of Teruel by the Republican army, the Nationalists started a counteroffensive in order to reocuppy Teruel. On 5 February, a huge Nationalist force broke the republican lines north of Teruel towards the Alfambra River, took 7,000 republican prisoners and threatened the Republican forces in Teruel.