Campaign of Guipúzcoa

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Date	July 20 - September 26, 1936
Location	Guipúzcoa, Northern Spain
Result	Decisive Nationalist victory

Belligerents

Spanish Republic

Nationalist Spain

Commanders

Augusto Pérez Garmendia, Antonio Ortega

General Emilio Mola Alfonso Beorlegui Canet

Strength

Casualties and losses

v • d • e

Spanish Civil War

Alcázar – Gijón – Oviedo – Guipúzcoa - Mérida – Badajoz – Mallorca – Sierra Guadalupe – Irún - Monte Pelato – Talavera – Cape Espartel – Madrid – Corunna Road – Málaga – Jarama - War in the North – Guadalajara – Guernica – Bilbao – Brunete – Santander – Belchite – El Mazuco – Cape Cherchell – Teruel – Cape Palos - Aragon Offensive - XYZ Line – Ebro - Catalonia
Chronology: 1936 1937 1938-39

The Campaign of Guipúzcoa was part of the Spanish Civil War where the Nationalist Army conquered the northern province of Guipúzcoa, (part of the Basque Country), held by the Republic. Initially conceived by General Emilio Mola as an advance to Irun to cut the Northern provinces off from France and to link up with the rebel garrison in San Sebastian that was to have seized the city. The campaign was diverted from the advance on Irun when the direct route to Irun was blocked by the demolition of the bridge at Endarlatsa. When word came that the rebels in San Sebastian were besieged, Alfonso Beorlegui diverted all his forces westward toward San Sebastian in an attempt to relive the besieged rebel garrison. Two other Nationalist columns advanced on the city from points further west with the intent of cutting the city off from Viscaya. Following the failure to relieve the siege of the rebels in San Sebastian, the forces of Alfonso Beorlegui resumed their advance on Irun and cut off the northern provinces of Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya, Santander and Asturias from their source of arms and support in France by taking that city. They followed this up with the capture of San Sebastian and an advance to the border of Viscaya. There the resistance of the northern provincial forces and the exhaustion of the rebels resulted in an end of the offensive until the War in the North began.

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