Timeline of the Spanish Civil War

Write the names of battles, individuals and significant moments of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), following dates and hints.

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Date	Hint	Answer
13 July 1936	The assesination of this politican sparked the Civil War	José Calvo Sotelo
17 July 1936	Troops stationed in this Spanish protectorate rise up against the government	Morocco
18 July 1936	Only major city to fall during the initial uprising	Seville
20 July 1936	Coup leader killed in a plane crash	José Sanjurjo
14 August 1936	Repression committed by the "column of death" during its campaign through Extremadura	Badajoz Massacre
September 1936	International organization to prevent foreign participation in the war	Non-Intervention Committee
September 1936	First elements of this contingent of German troops arrive in Spain	Condor Legion
4 September 1936	This socialist politician becomes new head of gouvernment of the Republic	Francisco Largo Caballero
18 September 1936 – 23 September 1938	Groups of foreign fighters supporting mostly the republican side	International Brigades
21 September 1936	This general is proclaimed "Generalisimo" of all nationalist forces	Francisco Franco
27 September 1936	Nationalist forces relieve this sieged building in Toledo	Alcazar
8 November 1936	The republican government relocates from this city to Valencia, beginning of a two-year siege.	Madrid
6-27 February 1937	Unsuccesful nationalist offensive to surround Madrid completely	Battle of Jarama
31 March – 1 July 1937	First major offensive against the isolated republican forces in the north	Biscay Campaign

Date	Hint	Answer
26 April 1937	City infamously bombed by German planes	Guernica
3–8 May 1937	Serie of clashes between anarchists, communists and republicans in Barcelona	May Days
May 1937	Socialist politician who forms new republican government after the collapse of the previous	Juan Negrin
3 June 1937	Another senior general and conspirator dies in a plane crash	Emilio Mola
6–25 July 1937	Unsuccesful Republican offensive to relieve pressure on the North	Battle of Brunete
24 August - 7 September 1937	Main battle of the unsuccesful Republican offensive against Zaragoza	Battle of Belchite
21 October 1937	The fall of this city marks the end of military operations in the north	Gijon
15 December 1937 - 22 February 1938	Unsuccesful Republican offensive to regain the initiative in Aragon	Battle of Teruel
7 March - 19 April 1938	Nationalist offensive which reached the sea and split the Republican territory in two	Aragon Offensive
25 July - 16 November 1938	Last major Republican offensive of the war, as counter to the previous answer	Battle of the Ebro
23 December 1938 - 10 February 1939	Nationalist forces invade this territory, marked by its regionalist sentiment and anarchist presence	Catalonia
5 March 1939	Republican general who led a coup against the Republican government, causing a civil war within the civil war	Segismundo Casado
28 March 1939	Largest Republican city left, which falls to the nationalist	Madrid
1 April 1939	Franco announces victory and the end of the war though this media	Radio