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Battle of Lopera | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spanish Republic | Nationalist Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Karol Świerczewski | Luis Redondo | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000 international brigadists |
2,000 requetes 2,000 moroccan regulares and Spanish cavalry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
300 dead 600 wounded | 200 dead[1] |
The Battle of Lopera took place between 27 and 29 December 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. This battle took place during the Nationalist's Aceituna offensive. On 27 December, the XIV International Brigade launched an attack in order to occupy the Nationalist-held town of Lopera, but the attack failed after two days and the Brigade suffered appalling casualties.