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Oviedo, Spain 1936-10-04 (0 others)

Overview:

The siege of Oviedo, the capital of the northern province of Asturias, was one of the initial military engagements of the Spanish Civil War, and one that took both sides, in a sense, by surprise. The Nationalists had written off the province as one firmly under Republican control. Based on the same assumption, the Republicans had moved thousands of fighters away from Oviedo to other areas of Asturias and Spain where they could potentially be of more use. But when the garrison commander, a rebel colonel by the name of Antonio Aranda Mata, called in the Civil Guard and Assault Guard to take control of Oviedo in support of the military uprising, his men heeded the call. They assumed control of the town as well as the surrounding high ground, carrying out limited local counterattacks to throw their new enemy off balance.

Defender: Spanish Nationalist (Guardia Civil and Cuerpo de Seguridad y Asalto and Ejécito de Africa)  

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