Battle of Guadarrama

Battle of Guadarrama
Part of the Spanish Civil War

Republican soldiers and militiamen in the mountains at Navacerrada.
Date22 July–15 September 1936
Location
Result

Republican victory

  • Nationalist offensive stopped
  • Front at the Sierra de Guadarrama stabilized until 1939
Belligerents
Spain Spanish Republic Spain Nationalist rebels
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. José Riquelme y López-Bago
Col. Enrique del Castillo
Lt. Col. Julio Mangada
Lt. José María Galán
Lt. Francisco Galán
Cpt. Fernando Condés 
Juan Modesto
Cipriano Mera
Spain Gen. Emilio Mola
Spain Col. Francisco García-Escámez
Spain Col. José Gistau Algarra
Spain Lt. Col. Lisardo Doval
Spain Col. Ricardo Serrador Santés
Onésimo Redondo 
Units involved

Spanish Republican Army
Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias

Spanish Army
FE de las JONS militias
Requetés
Strength
At least 1 Bréguet 19

The Battle of Guadarrama (Spanish: Batalla de Guadarrama), also known as the Battle of Somosierra (Batalla de Somosierra), was a battle that occurred in the Sierra de Guadarrama during the Spanish Civil War from 22 July to 15 September 1936.[1]

The Nationalists sent by Emilio Mola attempted to cross the mountain passes of the Sierra de Guadarrama to advance on the capital city of Madrid from the north. The Republicans sent a force of militiamen and soldiers from Madrid to stop the advance, with most of the fighting taking place at the Somosierra pass in the last week of July and in early August.[2] The Republicans were successful at preventing the Nationalists from crossing the mountain passes and held the front at the Sierra de Guadarrama for the remainder of the war.

Republican militiamen surrendering in Somosierra.
  1. ^ Thomas, Hugh (2011). La Guerra Civil española (1st ed.). Barcelona: Debolsillo. ISBN 978-84-9908-087-1. OCLC 776437679.
  2. ^ Stanley G. Payne; Javier Tusell, eds. (1996). La Guerra Civil : una nueva visión del conflicto que dividió España (1st ed.). Madrid: Temas de Hoy. ISBN 84-7880-652-0. OCLC 35667315.