What the records say
- When
- 8 Feb 1937
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.45° N, 6.14° W
- Description
- 1937 Nationalist attack in the Spanish Civil War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Málaga–Almería road massacre
1937 Nationalist attack in the Spanish Civil War
The Málaga–Almería road massacre, also known as the Desbandá, was an attack on people fleeing on foot from Málaga after the largely Republican city was captured by Nationalist and fascist armies on 8 February 1937, during the Spanish Civil War.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nach dem Abzug der republikanischen Truppen und der Einnahme der Stadt durch die Nationalisten unter Gonzalo Queipo de Llano beginnt eine Massenflucht aus…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Masacre de la carretera Málaga-Almería”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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