Battle of Santander

Battle of Santander
	Part of the Spanish Civil War
	; Machine gun nest in Santander.
Date	14 August – 17 September 1937
Location	Santander province, north of Palencia and Burgos provinces, Spain
Result	Nationalist victory Santoña Agreement; Dissolution of the Interprovincial Council of Santander, Palencia and Burgos;
Belligerents
Republicans 14th Army Corps ; 15th Army Corps; ; Isaac Puente Battalion	Nationalists; CTV; Condor Legion
Commanders and leaders
Mariano Gamir; Adolfo Prada; Antonio Teresa Miguel	Fidel Dávila Arrondo; José Solchaga; Ettore Bastico; Hugo Sperrle
Strength
80,000; 50 artillery batteries; 44 aircraft	90,000 (25,000 Italians); 126 guns; 220 aircraft
Casualties and losses
60,000 captured	Nationalist:; 30,000 casualties; Italian:; 486 killed; 1,546 wounded; 1 missing

The Battle of Santander was fought in the War in the North campaign of the Spanish Civil War during the summer of 1937. Santander's fall on 26 August assured the Nationalist conquest of the province of Santander, now Cantabria. The battle devastated the Republic's "Army of the North"; 60,000 soldiers were captured by the Nationalists.

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