Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of José Solchaga

Battles of José Solchaga

Spanish general, 1881 to 1953

José Solchaga is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1936 and 1939: 8 battles and 2 campaigns, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,688 km apart end to end, 188 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Spanish Civil War (10).

Biscay CampaignAsturias OffensiveBattle of El MazucuBattle of the SegreBattle of Bielsa pocketCampaign of GipuzkoaNorth CampaignBattle of BilbaoBattle of SantanderAragon OffensiveCampaign of GipuzkoaNorth CampaignBattle of BilbaoBattle of SantanderAragon OffensiveMadridToulouseZaragozaValladolidPamplonaAndorraOviedoCastelloBurgosSalamanca200 km41.825N, 2.424W
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1936: 1 engagements1937: 6 engagements6 in 19371938: 2 engagements1939: 1 engagements19361939
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Campaign of Gipuzkoa, 1936North Campaign, 1937Biscay Campaign, 1937Battle of Bilbao, 1937Asturias Offensive, 1937Battle of El Mazucu, 1937Battle of Santander, 1937Aragon Offensive, 1938Battle of the Segre, 1938Battle of Bielsa pocket, 193919361939
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1936Campaign of GipuzkoaGipuzkoa, SpainNationalist victory
1937North CampaignNorthern Spain, Spain175 km SNationalist victory
1937Biscay CampaignBiscay, Spain208 km NWNationalist victory
13 June 1937Battle of BilbaoBilbao, Spain0 km NNationalist victory
1937Asturias OffensiveAsturias, Spain237 km WNationalist victory
6 September 1937Battle of El MazucuLlanes, Spain80 km ENationalist victory
17 September 1937Battle of SantanderCantabria, Spain85 km ENationalist victory
1938Aragon OffensiveSpain362 km SNationalist victory
4 April 1938Battle of the SegreSegre, Spain410 km NENationalist victory
15 June 1939Battle of Bielsa pocketBielsa Valley, Spain130 km NWNationalist 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.