Battle of Irún

Battle of Irún

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Irún


caption=
partof=the Spanish Civil War
date=August 19 - September 5, 1936
place= Guipúzcoa, Spain
result=Decisive Nationalist victory
combatant1=flagicon|Spain|1931 Spanish Republic
combatant2=flagicon|Spain|1939 Nationalist Spain
commander1= Antonio Ortega, Manuel Margarida Valdes
commander2= Lt. Colonel Alfonso Beorlegui Canet
strength1= ?
strength2= ?
casualties1=~?
casualties2=~?|

The Battle of Irún was the critical battle of the Campaign of Guipúzcoa prior to the War in the North, during the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army under Alfonso Beorlegui captured the city of Irún cutting off the northern provinces of Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya, Santander and Asturias from their source of arms and support in France.

Notes

Sources

* Romero, Eladi, Itinerarios de la Guerra Civil española : guía del viajero curioso, Barcelona : Laertes, 2001 , 600 p.
* Barruso, Pedro, Verano y revolución. La guerra civil en Gipuzkoa' (julio-septiembre de 1936), Edita: Haramburu Editor. San Sebastián, 1996.
** [http://www.gipuzkoa1936.com/verano-e.php Pedro Barruso, GIPUZKOA 1936: VERANO Y REVOLUCIÓN, LA GUERRA CIVIL EN GIPUZKOA (Spanish)]
* [http://www.asociacionrepublicanairunesa.org/cas/batalla_irun.php MARCELO USABIAGA: Así fue la batalla de Irun... from RODRIGUEZ, MIKEL: Marcelo Usabiaga: Así fue la Batalla de Irun Historia 16 nº362 (junio 2006), p. 72-85]
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* Aznar, Manuel. Historia Militar de la Guerra de España. 3 vols. Madrid: Editora Nacional, 1969.


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