✦ History

Siege of Madrid

November 8, 1936 – March 28, 1939

Result Nationalist victory

The Nationalist attack on Madrid was stopped in the University City in November 1936; the city held until the end of the war.

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Battles 3

November 15, 1936
Battle of Ciudad Universitaria Republican victory Madrid Francisco Franco, José Miaja, Vicente Rojo Lluch
December 13, 1936 – January 15, 1937
Second Battle of the Corunna Road Republican victory José Miaja, Vicente Rojo Lluch, José Enrique Varela
January 3–15, 1937
Third Battle of the Corunna Road

Key commanders

Nationalists 8

Francisco Franco military commander Hugo Sperrle military commander José Enrique Varela military commander José Moscardó Ituarte military commander Juan Yagüe Blanco military commander Carlos Asensio Cabanillas military commander Emilio Mola military commander Francisco García-Escámez military commander

Republicans 8

Manuel Azaña belligerent leader José Miaja military commander Vicente Rojo Lluch military commander Antonio Ortega military commander Luis Barceló military commander Francisco Galán military commander Carlos Romero Giménez military commander Adolfo Prada military commander

Nationalist Spain 2

Francisco Franco military commander Carlos Asensio Cabanillas military commander