![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Elgetako_gudariak.jpg/640px-Elgetako_gudariak.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Biscay Campaign
1937 offensive during the Spanish Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Biscay Campaign (Spanish: Campaña de Vizcaya) was an offensive of the Spanish Civil War which lasted from 31 March to 1 July 1937. 50,000 men of the Eusko Gudarostea met 65,000 men of the insurgent forces. After heavy combats the Nationalist forces with a crushing material superiority managed to occupy the city of Bilbao and the Biscay province.
![]() | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (July 2011) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Quick Facts Date, Location ...
Biscay Campaign | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of the Spanish Civil War | |||||||
![]() A group of gudaris (Basque soldiers) in Elgeta, 1937. | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Thomas: 40,000 men[1] 55,000[2] 140 guns 25–30 aircraft 2 destroyers 3 submarines[3][4][5][6][7] |
65,000[8] 200 guns 150 aircraft 1 battleship 2 cruisers 1 destroyer[3][4][5][6][7] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
35,000 casualties (10,000 dead)[9] |
4,500 killed 25,500 wounded or missing[9] |
Close