Asturias Offensive

Asturias Offensive
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Date1 September – 21 October 1937
Location
Result Nationalist victory
Territorial
changes
Asturias captured by Nationalist forces. End of the War in the North
Belligerents
Spanish Republic
Asturias
Isaac Puente Battalion
Nationalist Spain
 Italy (CTV)
Nazi Germany Condor Legion
Commanders and leaders
Second Spanish Republic Adolfo Prada
Second Spanish Republic Francisco Ciutat
Second Spanish Republic Francisco Galán
Belarmino Tomás
Francoist Spain Fidel Dávila
Francoist Spain Antonio Aranda
Francoist Spain José Solchaga
Francoist Spain 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 which lasted from 1 September to 21 October 1937. 45,000 men of the Spanish Republican Army met 90,000 men of the Nationalist forces.


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