Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Juan Yagüe Blanco

Battles of Juan Yagüe Blanco

Spanish legion general (1891-1952)

Juan Yagüe Blanco is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1936 and 1944: 9 battles, 2 sieges and 1 campaign, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,438 km apart end to end, 131 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Spanish Civil War (11).

Extremadura campaignBattle of BadajozBattle of the Sierra GuadalupeBattle of Talavera de la ReinaBattle of AlfambraSiege of GandesaInvasion of Val d'AranSiege of MadridBattle of TeruelAragon OffensiveBattle of the EbroCatalonia OffensiveSiege of MadridBattle of TeruelAragon OffensiveBattle of the EbroCatalonia OffensiveBarcelonaValenciaZaragozaPalmaValladolidPamplonaOurenseAndorraAlicanteCastello200 km40.695N, 2.700W
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1936: 5 engagements5 in 19361937: 1 engagements1938: 5 engagements5 in 19381944: 1 engagements19361944
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Extremadura campaign, 1936Battle of Badajoz, 1936Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe, 1936Battle of Talavera de la Reina, 1936Siege of Madrid, 1936Battle of Teruel, 1937Battle of Alfambra, 1938Aragon Offensive, 1938Battle of the Ebro, 1938Siege of Gandesa, 1938Catalonia Offensive, 1938Invasion of Val d'Aran, 194419361944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1936Extremadura campaignProvince of Badajoz, SpainNationalist victory
12 August 1936Battle of BadajozBadajoz, Spain73 km WNationalist victory; Massacre of Badajoz
31 August 1936Battle of the Sierra GuadalupeTrujillo, Spain151 km NENationalist victory
3 September 1936Battle of Talavera de la ReinaTalavera de la Reina, Spain72 km NENationalist victory
8 November 1936Siege of MadridMadrid, Spain110 km NENationalist victory; Republicans win the battle in 1936...
15 December 1937Battle of TeruelTeruel, Spain220 km ENationalist victory
5 February 1938Battle of AlfambraTeruel Province, Spain2 km WNationalist victory
1938Aragon OffensiveSpain202 km WNationalist victory
25 July 1938Battle of the EbroEbro, Spain352 km ENationalist victory
31 July 1938Siege of GandesaGandesa, Spain13 km SNationalist victory
1938Catalonia OffensiveCatalonia, Spain130 km NENationalist victory
1944Invasion of Val d'AranVal d'Aran, Spain114 km NWFrancoist 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.