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Brihuega, Spain 1937-03-10 (6 others)

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Overview:

The Civil War in Spain has been called the "World War in miniature." Few conflicts in this century aroused so much international emotions. In spite of a non-intervention policy adopted by the League of Nations, foreign nationals flocked to Spain by the thousands. As a result, foreign troops were used by both the Nationalists (an alliance of Conservatists, Monarchists, Falangists, and Fascists-led by Francisco Franco among others; determined to overthrow the government), and the Republicans (a coalition of Liberals, Socialists, Communists, and Anarchists), to fight their war. On March 8, the Nationalists opened an offensive with the objective of taking Guadalajara and surrounding Madrid. Near Brihuega, in one of the ironies that only a conflict as convoluted as this could produce, units of the same nationality clashed on the road to Guadalajara; the Garbaldi Battalion of the 12th International Brigade made up of Italian socialists, communists, and other anti-fascists clashed with the Black Flame Division of the regular Italian army.

Defender: Nationalist (Black Flame Division with attached Armor)  

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