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Spanish Civil War (1936–39) - events| 4 August 1936 | Spain | In the Spanish Civil War, General Franco's Nationalist army captures Badajoz in the southwest, enabling antigovernment forces in the north and south to combine. | | 26 April 1937 | Spain | Guernica, the historic Basque capital in northern Spain, is heavily bombed by aircraft of the German Condor Legion supporting the Spanish Nationalist rebels. | | 26 January 1939 | Spain | Nationalist forces, assisted by Italian troops, take the city of Barcelona, the last major stronghold of the Republican government in northeastern Spain. | | 28–29 March 1939 | Spain | Madrid surrenders to the Spanish Nationalists, after a siege of almost two and a half years. The remaining Republican areas capitulate on 29 March, ending the Spanish Civil War. |
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