Battle of Guadalajara

Battle of Guadalajara
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Nationalist forces at Guadalajara
Date March 8–23, 1937 Location Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain Result Republican victory
Belligerents
Republican Spain International Brigades	Nationalist Spain Italian Volunteer Corps
Commanders and leaders
Vicente Rojo Lluch José Miaja Enrique Jurado Barrio Enrique Líster Nino Nanetti [es] Cipriano Mera	Mario Roatta Annibale Bergonzoli Edmondo Rossi Guido Coppi Luigi Nuvoloni José Moscardó Ituarte
Strength
20,000[1] 45 artillery pieces 60 armoured vehicles 70 aircraft	35,000[2][3][1] 15,000[1] 270 artillery pieces 140 armoured vehicles 62 aircraft
Casualties and losses
Republicans:[4] 2,000 dead 4,000 wounded 258 captured[5] Total: 6,258	Italians:[4][3] 3,000 dead 4,000 wounded 800 missing 800 captured Nationalists:[4] 4,000 dead 4,000 wounded 800 captured Materiel lost:[2] 65 artillery pieces 500 machine guns 13 mortars 67 trucks 10 tanks captured Plenty ammunition Total: 17,400

The Battle of Guadalajara (March 8–23, 1937) saw the victory of the Spanish Republican Army (Ejército Popular Republicano, or EPR) and of the International Brigades over the Italian and Nationalist forces attempting to encircle Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist forces involved in the Battle of Guadalajara were primarily the Italian Corps of Volunteer Troops (Corpo Truppe Volontarie, or CTV).

The battle opened with an Italian offensive on 8 March. This offensive was halted by 11 March. Between 12 and 14 March, renewed Italian attacks were supported by Spanish Nationalist units. These were halted too. On 15 March, a Republican counter-offensive was prepared. The Republicans successfully launched their counter-offensive from 18–23 March.