Nationalist victory in Spain
1939 · Event
Madrid falls; Franco declares victory; opens 36-year fascist-leaning dictatorship.
On these timelines: Spanish Civil War, Spain, Master
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- Spanish Civil War (1936)
- Nationalist coup d'état (1936)
- Bombing of Guernica (1937)
- Barcelona falls and the Retirada begins (1939)
- Franco is proclaimed Generalísimo (1936)
- Siege of Madrid (1936)
- The Popular Front wins Spain's last election (1936)
- Battle of the Ebro (1938)
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