1939 in Spain: Difference between revisions

Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	Other events of 1939; List of years in Spain

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Events from the year 1939 in Spain.

January 5-February 4: Battle of Valsequillo
January 26 - Catalonia Offensive: Nationalist forces capture Barcelona.
February 7–9 - Battle of Minorca (1939)
February 10 - Nationalists close Spanish border with France.
February 16 - the high command of the Republican army tells Negrín that further military resistance was impossible.^[1]
February 27 - United Kingdom and France recognized Francisco Franco's Nationalist government.^[2]
March 4–7 - Cartagena Uprising.
March 7 - Nationalist transport ship SS Castillo de Olite sunk by Republican shore batteries while entering the port of Cartagena.
March 5: coup of Segismundo Casado.^[3]^[4]^[5]
March 5: National Defence Council formed
March 26-April 1: Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War

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 *March 4–7 - [[Cartagena Uprising]].
 *March 7 - Nationalist transport ship [[SS Castillo de Olite|SS ''Castillo de Olite'']] sunk by Republican shore batteries while entering the port of [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]].
-*March 5–13: coup of [[Segismundo Casado]].<ref>Thomas, Hugh 2001. p.873</ref><ref>Thomas, Hugh 2001. p.875</ref><ref>Thomas, Hugh 2001. p.876-878</ref>
+*March 5: coup of [[Segismundo Casado]].<ref>Thomas, Hugh 2001. p.873</ref><ref>Thomas, Hugh 2001. p.875</ref><ref>Thomas, Hugh 2001. p.876-878</ref>
+*March 5: [[National Defence Council (Spain)|National Defence Council]] formed
 *March 26-April 1: [[Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War]]