Battle of Málaga (1937)

The Battle of Málaga was the culmination of an offensive in early 1937 by the combined Nationalist and Italian forces, with air and naval support from Nazi Germany, to eliminate Republican control of the province of Málaga during the Spanish Civil War. The participation of Moroccan regulars and Italian tanks from the recently arrived Corpo Truppe Volontarie resulted in a complete rout of the Spanish Republican Army and the capitulation of Málaga in less than a week.

This article is about the 1937 battle. For the 1704 battle, see Battle of Málaga (1704). For similarly titled battles, see Battle of Málaga.
Battle of Málaga
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Date3–8 February 1937
Location
Málaga, Spain
Result Nationalist victory
Belligerents
Spanish Republic Nationalist Spain
CTV
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
José Villalba Lacorte Queipo de Llano
Duke of Seville
Agustín Muñoz Grandes
Mario Roatta
Strength
12,000 Republican militia
16 pieces of artillery		 10,000 Italian troops
10,000 Moroccan colonial troops
5,000 Requetes militia
some Italian tanks
100 Italian aircraft
4 cruisers
Casualties and losses
3,000 to 5,000 killed
3,600 captured, then executed		 Spanish: Unknown
Italian: 130 killed,
424 wounded
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