Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Francisco Galán

Spanish military officer, 1902 to 1971

Francisco Galán is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1936 and 1938: 4 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,352 km apart end to end, 270 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Spanish Civil War (6).

Battle of the SegreBattle of GuadarramaSiege of MadridNorth CampaignAsturias OffensiveBattle of El MazucuBattle of GuadarramaSiege of MadridNorth CampaignBattle of El MazucuBilbaoToulouseZaragozaValladolidPamplonaSan SebastiánBurgosSalamancaLogroñoTarragona200 km41.901N, 2.424W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1936: 2 engagements1937: 3 engagements3 in 19371938: 1 engagements19361938
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Guadarrama, 1936Siege of Madrid, 1936North Campaign, 1937Asturias Offensive, 1937Battle of El Mazucu, 1937Battle of the Segre, 193819361938
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
24 July 1936Battle of GuadarramaSierra de Guadarrama, SpainNationalist offensive stopped; Front at the Sierra de...
8 November 1936Siege of MadridMadrid, Spain83 km SNationalist victory; Republicans win the battle in 1936...
1937North CampaignNorthern Spain, Spain258 km NENationalist victory
1937Asturias OffensiveAsturias, Spain412 km NWNationalist victory
6 September 1937Battle of El MazucuLlanes, Spain80 km ENationalist victory
4 April 1938Battle of the SegreSegre, Spain518 km ENationalist victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.