Catalonia Offensive Part of the Spanish Civil War Map of Spain in November 1938, after the end of the Battle of the Ebro. Republican territory is in red, and Nationalist territory is blue. Please click on map to enlarge the image. Date December 23, 1938 – February 10, 1939 Location Northeastern Spain Result Decisive Nationalist victory Belligerents Spanish Republic Nationalist Spain Commanders Juan Hernández Saravia Fidel Dávila Arrondo Strength 300,000 360 artillery pieces 200 tanks and armoured cars 80 aircraft[1] 300,000 562 artillery pieces 500 aircraft[2] Casualties and losses  ? dead 10,000 wounded 60,000 captured 220,000 disarmed in France [3]  ? dead ? wounded ? captured v • d • e Spanish Civil War Alcázar – Gijón – Oviedo – Guipúzcoa - Mérida – Badajoz – Mallorca – Sierra Guadalupe – Irún - Monte Pelato – Talavera – Cape Espartel – Madrid – Corunna Road – Málaga – Jarama - War in the North – Guadalajara – Guernica – Bilbao – Brunete – Santander – Belchite – El Mazuco – Cape Cherchell – Teruel – Cape Palos - Aragon Offensive - XYZ Line – Ebro - Catalonia Chronology: 1936 1937 1938-39

Spain after the conclusion of the Catalonia Offensive. Nationalist Spain is in gray and Republican Spain is in white.

The Catalonia Offensive was part of the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist Army started the offensive on December 23, 1938, and rapidly conquered Republican held Catalonia with its capital city, Barcelona. Barcelona was captured on January 26, and Franco closed the border with France by February 10, 1939.

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• Thomas, Hugh The Spanish Civil War. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-014278-2.

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