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Battle of Bilbao 1937

Battle of Bilbao: Frente del Norte - Spanish Civil War
Image: Emilio Gómez Fernández, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Date13 June 1937 – 19 June 1937Wikidata
Year1937Wikidata P580 (start time)
EraInterwar (1919–1938)derived from year
LocationSpainNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentEuropeNatural Earth
War / conflictSpanish Civil WarWikidata P361
Coordinates43.2500, -2.9167Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle of Bilbao (Spanish: Batalla de Bilbao, Basque: Bilboko gudua), part of the War in the North in the Spanish Civil War, saw the Nationalist Army capture Bilbao and the rest of the Basque Country that was still being held by the Spanish Republic.

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Location

43.2500, -2.9167 · Spain

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