Second Battle of the Corunna Road
1936–37 battle in the Spanish Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 1809 battle with a similar name, see Battle of Corunna.
The Second Battle of the Corunna Road (Spanish: Batalla de la Carretera de Coruña) was a battle of the Spanish Civil War that took place from 13 December 1936 to 15 January 1937, northwest of Madrid. In December 1936, the Nationalists launched an offensive in order to cut the Corunna Road and isolate Madrid, but a Republican counter-offensive stopped the Nationalist advance. The Nationalists cut the Corunna road but failed to encircle Madrid.
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20,000 infantry, plus reinforcements T-26 light tanks |
17,000 infantry and cavalry (13 Dec)[1] 8 artillery batteries of 105 and 155 mm Panzer I light tanks | ||||||
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15,000 dead or wounded[2] | 15,000 dead or wounded[2] |
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