Battle of Málaga (1937)
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This article is about the 1937 battle. For the 1704 battle, see Battle of Málaga (1704). For similarly titled battles, see Battle of Málaga.
The Battle of Málaga was the culmination of an offensive in early 1937 by the combined Nationalist and Italian forces, with air and naval support from Nazi Germany, to eliminate Republican control of the province of Málaga during the Spanish Civil War. The participation of Moroccan regulars and Italian tanks from the recently arrived Corpo Truppe Volontarie resulted in a complete rout of the Spanish Republican Army and the capitulation of Málaga in less than a week.
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Battle of Málaga | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spanish Republic |
Nationalist Spain CTV Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
José Villalba Lacorte |
Queipo de Llano Duke of Seville Agustín Muñoz Grandes Mario Roatta | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
12,000 Republican militia[1][2] 16 pieces of artillery[3] |
10,000 Italian troops[4][1] 10,000 Moroccan colonial troops[5] 5,000 Requetes militia[5] some Italian tanks[6] 100 Italian aircraft[7] 4 cruisers[8] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,000 to 5,000 killed[9] 3,600 captured, then executed[10] |
Spanish: Unknown Italian: 130 killed, 424 wounded[11] |
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