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Nationalists

Wikidata · Q2742116

Active span

1936 – 1939

Profile

The Nationalist faction, also called the Rebel faction and Francoist faction, was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. It was composed of a variety of right-wing political groups that supported the Spanish Coup of July 1936 against the Second Spanish Republic and Republican faction and sought to depose Manuel Azaña. It included the Falange, the CEDA, and two rival monarchist claimants: the Alfonsist Renovación Española and the Carlist Traditionalist Communion. In 1937, all the groups were merged into the FET y de las JONS. In the course of the war, the Nationalist groups, which exhibited certain "fascisant" and "pre-fascist" tendencies, became unified around a new emerging ideological project marked by modern ultranationalism and the goal of purifying and reviving the nation in the "bonfire" of the war to achieve a Spanish "New Man" similarly to Fascism. After the death of the faction's early leaders, General Francisco Franco, one of the members of the 1936 coup, headed the Nationalists throughout most of the war, and emerged as the dictator of Spain until his death in 1975.

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Where they fought

22 of 24 plotted

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When they fought

24 battles · 1 war

Battle of Badajoz — August 12, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Irún — August 19, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Lopera — January 1, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Majorca — August 16, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Mérida — August 10, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Talavera de la Reina — September 3, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarCampaign of Gipuzkoa — July 20, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarSiege of Gijón — July 19, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarSiege of Madrid — November 8, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarSiege of the Alcázar — January 1, 1936 · Spanish Civil WarAsturias Offensive — September 1, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBarcelona May Days — May 3, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Belchite — August 24, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Bilbao — June 13, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Brunete — July 6, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Cape Cherchell — September 7, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of El Mazucu — September 6, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Guadalajara — January 1, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Jarama — January 1, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Málaga — February 3, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Santander — September 17, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBattle of Teruel — December 15, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarBombing of Guernica — April 27, 1937 · Spanish Civil WarNorth Campaign — March 20, 1937 · Spanish Civil War1936193719381939

Most active in 1937 — 14 catalogued battles.

Battles

24 engagements

Commanders of Nationalists

14 catalogued

Related factions

Allies, adversaries, and co-belligerents

Last verified May 2026
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