Aragon Offensive
Aragon Offensive was a battle fought in 1938 at Spain. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Spain. It was part of the Spanish Civil War, which ran from 1936 to 1939. The recorded result: Nationalist victory.
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Mugas d'a Guerra Civil en Castillón d'o Puent, Semontano de Balbastro, Aragón.. Mapi Gistau Puértolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons .
Fought 1938
Where Spain 40.200N, 3.500W, placed at the location, approximate
Outcome Nationalist victory
Belligerents Spanish Republic; International Brigades; CNT-FAI against Nationalist Spain; CTV; Condor Legion
Where it sits in the Spanish Civil War Siege of Almadén, 1934 Siege of the Alcázar, 1936 Battle of Lopera, 1936 Extremadura campaign, 1936 Andalusia campaign, 1936 Siege of the Montaña Barracks, 1936 Bombing of Tétouan, 1936 Battle of Vigo, 1936 Siege of Gijón, 1936 Siege of Oviedo, 1936 Campaign of Gipuzkoa, 1936 Siege of Tocina barracks, 1936 Siege of the Loyola barracks, 1936 Battle of Guadarrama, 1936 Mérida Offensive, 1936 bombing of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, 1936 Convoy de la Victoria, 1936 Battle of Sigüenza, 1936 Battle of Almendralejo, 1936 Bombing of Cádiz, 1936 Battle of Mérida, 1936 Battle of Badajoz, 1936 Battle of Majorca, 1936 Saseta defence work, 1936 Battle of Irún, 1936 Córdoba offensive, 1936 Battle of Monte Pelado, 1936 Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe, 1936 Battle of Talavera de la Reina, 1936 Battle of Cerro Muriano, 1936 Bombing of Chorín, 1936 Siege of Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza, 1936 Battle of Eibar, 1936 Battle of Cape Espartel, 1936 Bombing of Cartagena during the Spanish Civil War, 1936 Battle of Seseña, 1936 Siege of Madrid, 1936 Battle of Ciudad Universitaria, 1936 Bombing of the four hours, 1936 Eight-hour bombing, 1936 First Battle of the Corunna Road, 1936 Second Battle of the Corunna Road, 1936 Aceituna Campaign, 1936 Villarreal Offensive, 1936 Battle of Guadalajara, 1937 Battle of Jarama, 1937 Battle of El Escamplero, 1937 Battle of Málaga, 1937 Bombing of Albacete, 1937 Battle of Cape Machichaco, 1937 Battle of Pozoblanco, 1937 North Campaign, 1937 Biscay Campaign, 1937 Bombing of Jaén, 1937 Bombing of the Strike Factory, 1937 Battle of Saibigain, 1937 Battle of Intxortas, 1937 Bombing of Guernica, 1937 Battle of Bermeo, 1937 Barcelona May Days, 1937 Battle of Sollube, 1937 Bombardment of Almería, 1937 Battle of Bilbao, 1937 Huesca Offensive, 1937 Battle of Albarracín, 1937 Battle of Brunete, 1937 Battle of Belchite, 1937 Battle of Quinto, 1937 Asturias Offensive, 1937 Battle of El Mazucu, 1937 Battle of Cape Cherchell, 1937 Battle of Santander, 1937 Battle of Fuentes de Ebro, 1937 Bombing of Peñíscola, 1937 November 1937 bombing of Lleida, 1937 Battle of Teruel, 1937 Battle of Caspe, 1938 January 1938 Barcelona bombing, 1938 Bombing of Valladolid, 1938 Battle of Alfambra, 1938 Bombing of Alcañiz, 1938 Aragon Offensive, 1938 Bombing of Barcelona, 1938 March 1938 bombing of Lleida, 1938 Battle of Gandesa, 1938 Battle of the Segre, 1938 Taberna Catachú raid, 1938 Balaguer Offensive, 1938 Bombing of Maestrat, 1938 Bombing of Alicante, 1938 Bombing of Granollers, 1938 Los Blázquez Offensive, 1938 Merida pocket, 1938 Battle of the Ebro, 1938 Siege of Gandesa, 1938 Bombing of Sant Vicenç de Calders, 1938 Sinking of the SS Cantabria, 1938 Bombing of Cabra, 1938 Bombing of Torrebaja, 1938 Bombing of Vic during the Spanish Civil War, 1938 Catalonia Offensive, 1938 Bombing of Figueres, 1939 Bombing of Terrassa and Matadepera, 1939 Bombing of La Garriga, 1939 Bombing of Sant Hilari Sacalm, 1939 Bombing of Xàtiva, 1939 Battle of Bielsa pocket, 1939 1934 1939 Aragon Offensive, 1938 107 placed engagements of the Spanish Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 1938 (year precision) to 1938 Place Spain40.200N, 3.500W Kind Battle, interwar and Second World War Strength 100,000 Beevor: 150,000; 600 airplanes; 700 guns; 150–200 tanks; thousands of trucks; Jackson: 100,000+; 700 italian and 250 german airplanes; Preston: 100,000; 1,000 airplanes; ----; Total: 350,000+; 2,550 airplanes; 700 guns; 150–200 tanks; thousands of trucks Casualties and losses Very heavy including many captured Nationalist: moderate; Italian: 731 dead; 2,481 wounded; 13 missing Commanders
Aragon Offensive Aragon Offensive Great Gypsy Round-up in 1749 Battle of Jarama Siege of Oreja Battle of Seseña Battle of Aranjuez Battle of Seseña Battle of Aranjuez Madrid Albacete Guadalajara 100 km 40.200N, 3.500W Placed at Spain; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Aragon Offensive is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,204 in present-day Spain.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q625218 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Aragon Offensive , revision 1370105133, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.
