Levante Offensive

Levante Offensive
Part of the Spanish Civil War

Moroccan troops in Rubielos de Mora, 1938.
Date25 April – 24 July 1938
Location
East Central Spain
Result Republican victory[1]
Belligerents
 Spanish Republic  Nationalist Spain
 Italy
 Nazi Germany
Commanders and leaders
Second Spanish Republic Leopoldo Menéndez[2][3]
Second Spanish Republic Vicente Rojo Lluch
Second Spanish Republic Carlos Romero[4]
Second Spanish Republic Ernesto Güemes[4]
Second Spanish Republic Gustavo Duran[2][5]		 Spain José Solchaga[5]
Spain José Enrique Varela[5]
Spain Rafael García Valiño
Spain Antonio Aranda
Mario Berti[5]
Strength
125,000[6] 125,000[6]
900–1,000 artillery[3][6]
400 aircraft[5]
Casualties and losses
5,000[7] 20,000[7]

The Levante Offensive, launched near the end of March 1938, was an attempt by Nationalist forces under Francisco Franco to capture the Republican held city of Valencia during the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalists occupied the province of Castellón, but the offensive failed due to bad weather and the dogged resistance of the Republican troops at the XYZ defensive line.

  1. ^ Beevor, Antony. The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. 2006. pages 347 and 429
  2. ^ a b Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, Revolution & Revenge. Harper Perennial. 2006. London. p.287
  3. ^ a b Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. p. 808
  4. ^ a b Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. p. 812
  5. ^ a b c d e Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. 2001. London. p. 810
  6. ^ a b c Beevor, Antony. The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. 2006. p.346
  7. ^ a b Beevor, Antony. The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. 2006. p.348