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The Battle of Almendralejo was a battle and massacre in
Almendralejo Almendralejo () is a town in the Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It is situated 45 km south-east of Badajoz, on the main road and rail route between Mérida and Seville. , it has a population of 33,975. It was the site of a battle a ...
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, in August 1936, during the first stages of the
Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
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History

On 7 August 1936, the troops of General
Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...
, under the command of
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano Gonzalo Queipo de Llano y Sierra (5 February 1875 – 9 March 1951) was a Spanish military leader who rose to prominence during the July 1936 coup and then the Spanish Civil War and the White Terror. Biography A career army man, Queipo de Lla ...
, entered Almendralejo and took the town. Upon the entrance of the troops, the
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militiamen withdrew; forty of them holed up in the Tower of the Parish of the Purification (''Torre de la Parroquia de la Purificación''), whose profile dominates the surrounding countryside. Military staff then decided to set fire to the parish and shell the tower with a cannon installed in the Fuente La Negra, in order to force the Republicans to surrender. Roughly 1,000 civilians were killed. The Republicans resisted until 15 August 1936.Hugh Thomas, ''The Spanish Civil War,'' (Spanish edn.) p. 404


See also

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List of Spanish Republican military equipment of the Spanish Civil War This is a list of military equipment of the Spanish Republicans. The Soviet Union was the main provider of Republican military equipment. Weapons * List of Spanish Civil War weapons of the Republicans Aircraft * List of aircraft of the Span ...
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List of Spanish Nationalist military equipment of the Spanish Civil War {{short description, None This is a list of all military equipment used by the nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. Weapons * List of Spanish Civil War weapons of the Nationalists Aircraft * List of aircraft of Nationalist Spain in th ...


References

Mass murder in 1936 Battles of the Spanish Civil War 1936 in Spain Conflicts in 1936 Spanish Civil War prisoner of war massacres Battles in Extremadura Province of Badajoz August 1936 events {{SpanishCivilWar-battle-stub