Battle of Belchite (1937) 1937
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 24 August 1937 – 7 September 1937 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1937 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Interwar (1919–1938) | derived from year |
| Location | Spain | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Spanish Civil War, Zaragoza Offensive | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 41.3000, -0.7500 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Belchite refers to a series of military operations that took place between 24 August and 7 September 1937, in and around the town of Belchite (almost 4,000 inhabitants in 1936, decreasing to around 2,600 during the battle, from the repression and displacement of the first year), in Aragon during the Spanish Civil War, as part of a much bigger offensive to take Zaragoza, that continued until the beginning of November 1937.
Since the Offensive of Zaragoza failed, the Republicans started calling it Battle of Belchite for propaganda reasons instead, so that it would look like a victory, the journalists that came to report the victory, including Ernest Hemingway, contributed to this change of names. The Nationalists continued the confusion, since they exploited the "Numantine" defense of the town for propaganda too, to counteract the bad image of the bombing of Guernica.
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