Battle of Monte Pelado

When

28 Aug 1936

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

42.74° N, 1.81° W

Description

1936 battle

Battle of the Spanish Civil War

The Battle of Monte Pelado was an early engagement of the Spanish Civil War, which took place on 28 August 1936 in the province of Huesca. During the battle, roughly 100 Italian anti-fascist volunteers defended Torre Lierta from a trained and well-equipped Nationalist force several times its size. The Italians held out for four hours against a frontal assault and flanking maneuvers, before counterattacking.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire républicaine à la bataille du Monte Pelado, engageant les premiers antifascistes italiens aux côtés des républicains espagnols”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Spanish Civil War17 Jul 1936 · Civil war · Deaths 440,000