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  • Tarragona, Spain
    Saturday Jan 15, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Tarragona fell

    Tarragona, Spain
    Saturday Jan 15, 1938

    Tarragona fell on 15 January.




  • Barcelona, Spain
    Wednesday Jan 26, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Barcelona fell

    Barcelona, Spain
    Wednesday Jan 26, 1938

    Barcelona fell on 26 January.




  • Girona, Spain
    Wednesday Feb 2, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Girona fell

    Girona, Spain
    Wednesday Feb 2, 1938

    Girona fell on 2 February.




  • Spain
    Sunday Feb 27, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    United Kingdom and France recognized the Franco regime

    Spain
    Sunday Feb 27, 1938

    On 27 February, the United Kingdom and France recognized the Franco regime.




  • Aragon, Spain
    Monday Mar 7, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Nationalists launched the Aragon Offensive

    Aragon, Spain
    Monday Mar 7, 1938

    On 7 March, Nationalists launched the Aragon Offensive, and by 14 April they had pushed through to the Mediterranean, cutting the Republican-held portion of Spain in two. The Republican government attempted to sue for peace in May, but Franco demanded unconditional surrender, and the war raged on. In July, the Nationalist army pressed southward from Teruel and south along the coast toward the capital of the Republic at Valencia, but was halted in heavy fighting along the XYZ Line, a system of fortifications defending Valencia.




  • Terres de l'Ebre and Lower Matarranya, Spain
    Jul, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Battle of the Ebro

    Terres de l'Ebre and Lower Matarranya, Spain
    Jul, 1938

    The Republican government then launched an all-out campaign to reconnect their territory in the Battle of the Ebro, from 24 July until 26 November, where Franco personally took command.




  • Spain
    1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Franco feared an immediate French intervention against a potential Nationalist victory in Spain

    Spain
    1938

    In 1938, Franco feared an immediate French intervention against a potential Nationalist victory in Spain through French occupation of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and Spanish Morocco.


  • Tarragona, Spain
    Saturday Jan 15, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Tarragona fell

    Tarragona, Spain
    Saturday Jan 15, 1938

    Tarragona fell on 15 January.


  • Barcelona, Spain
    Wednesday Jan 26, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Barcelona fell

    Barcelona, Spain
    Wednesday Jan 26, 1938

    Barcelona fell on 26 January.


  • Girona, Spain
    Wednesday Feb 2, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Girona fell

    Girona, Spain
    Wednesday Feb 2, 1938

    Girona fell on 2 February.


  • Spain
    Sunday Feb 27, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    United Kingdom and France recognized the Franco regime

    Spain
    Sunday Feb 27, 1938

    On 27 February, the United Kingdom and France recognized the Franco regime.


  • Aragon, Spain
    Monday Mar 7, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Nationalists launched the Aragon Offensive

    Aragon, Spain
    Monday Mar 7, 1938

    On 7 March, Nationalists launched the Aragon Offensive, and by 14 April they had pushed through to the Mediterranean, cutting the Republican-held portion of Spain in two. The Republican government attempted to sue for peace in May, but Franco demanded unconditional surrender, and the war raged on. In July, the Nationalist army pressed southward from Teruel and south along the coast toward the capital of the Republic at Valencia, but was halted in heavy fighting along the XYZ Line, a system of fortifications defending Valencia.


  • Terres de l'Ebre and Lower Matarranya, Spain
    Jul, 1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Battle of the Ebro

    Terres de l'Ebre and Lower Matarranya, Spain
    Jul, 1938

    The Republican government then launched an all-out campaign to reconnect their territory in the Battle of the Ebro, from 24 July until 26 November, where Franco personally took command.


  • Spain
    1938
    Spanish Civil War

    Franco feared an immediate French intervention against a potential Nationalist victory in Spain

    Spain
    1938

    In 1938, Franco feared an immediate French intervention against a potential Nationalist victory in Spain through French occupation of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and Spanish Morocco.


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