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July 1936 military uprising in Seville
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The July 1936 military uprising in Seville was part of a nationwide coup d'état in Spain, launched by part of the Spanish army. It was supposed to topple local Republican administrations in Seville and western Andalusia. The uprising commenced on 18 July 1936, led by general Gonzalo Queipo de Llano. The rebels overpowered regional military command and some key units without a shot being fired, but were offered resistance by Guardia de Asalto, subordinated to the civil governor José María Varela; it was overcome later in the day. The days of 19–22 July were mostly about seizing the districts of Triana, Macarena and San Julián; they were controlled by revolutionary trade unions and radical left-wing militias. On 23 July Queipo was fully in control. The successful coup in Seville proved of vital importance for the rebels nationwide; the insurgent pocket in south-western Andalusia enabled the shift of the Army of Africa to the peninsula, and then its rapid advance towards Madrid.
July 1936 military uprising in Seville | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish Civil War | |||||||
![]() barricade in Macarena district | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
José Fernández Villa-Abrille José M. Varela |
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano José Cuesta Moreneo | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
few hundred[1] | few hundred[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown[3] | 10-20[4] |