Catalonia Offensive

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Catalonia Offensive


caption=Map of Spain in November 1938, after the end of the Battle of the Ebro. Republican territory is in red, and Nationalist territory is blue. Please click on map to enlarge the image.
partof=the Spanish Civil War
date=December 23, 1938 – February 10, 1939
place= Northeastern Spain
result=Decisive Nationalist victory
combatant1=flagicon|Spain|1931 Spanish Republic
combatant2=flagicon|Spain|1939 Nationalist Spain
commander1=Juan Hernández Saravia
commander2=Fidel Dávila Arrondo
strength1=300,000
360 artillery pieces
200 tanks and armoured cars
80 aircraft) [Thomas, p. 868]
strength2=300,000
562 artillery pieces
500 aircraft) [Thomas, p. 867-8]
casualties1=? dead
10,000 wounded
60,000 captured
220,000 disarmed in France [Thomas, p. 877]
casualties2=? dead
? wounded
? captured|

The Catalonia Offensive was part of the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army started the offensive on December 23, 1938, and rapidly conquered Republican held Catalonia with its capital city, Barcelona. Barcelona was captured on January 26, and Franco closed the border with France by February 10, 1939.

Notes

Sources

* Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-014278-2.