Battle of Bilbao

The Battle of Bilbao, 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.

Battle of Bilbao
Part of the Spanish Civil War

The Northern Front. Bilbao is on the right of the red area.
Date12–19 June 1937
Location
Biscay, Northern Spain
Result Nationalist victory
Territorial
changes
Nationalists capture Biscay from Republicans
Belligerents
 Spanish Republic
Basque Army
 Nationalist Spain
CTV
Condor Legion
Commanders and leaders
Mariano Gámir Ulíbarri
Juan Cueto Ibáñez 
Pablo Belderráin
Joseph Putz
Nino Nanetti 
José Antonio Aguirre Alberto Montaud
Fidel Dávila Arrondo
José Solchaga Zala
Rafael García Valiño
Juan Bautista Sánchez
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen
Strength
50,000 troops and militia 60,000 Nationalist troops
15,000 Italian troops
Casualties and losses
Unknown Nationalist Spain: Unknown
Italy: 105 dead
427 wounded
3 missing
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