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La Batalla de Belchite fue un conjunto de operaciones militares desarrolladas durante la Guerra Civil Española entre el 24 de agosto de 1937 y el 6 de septiembre del mismo año en los alrededores e interior de esta población zaragozana.
Antecedentes:
Después del fracasado intento de tomar Brunete, el gobierno republicano, presidido por Negrín y con Prieto como ministro de Defensa, decide llevar a cabo una ofensiva en Aragón, en principio con el mismo objetivo que la anterior, esto es ralentizar el avance de las fuerzas nacionales en el frente del norte, donde ya habían tomado Santander.
No obstante, la decisión no sólo tenía razones de orden militar, sino también político. Los nacionalistas y anarquistas catalanes se quejaban de que el gobierno central no prestaba atención al frente de Aragón, lo que provocaba falta de moral entre sus fuerzas debido a la inactividad. Por su parte, el gobierno central estaba preocupado por la influencia de los anarquistas y del POUM en la zona, donde el Consejo Regional de Defensa de Aragón, presidido por Joaquín Ascaso, funcionaba en la práctica como un gobierno independiente. Así se pensó que con la introducción de fuerzas comunistas y la incorporación de tres divisiones anarquistas al recién creado Ejército del Este, al mando del general Pozas, se podría poner fin más fácilmente a esa influencia anarquista, como así fue. El objetivo militar era la toma de Zaragoza, situada a pocos kilómetros tras las líneas enemigas, acción que supondría un triunfo más que simbólico, ya que ésta era el centro de comunicaciones de todo el frente de Aragón y además, tras un año de guerra, se había reforzado la creencia de que la posesión de ciudades clave era mucho más importante que el control de grandes áreas de territorio despoblado.
Con estas premisas, el general Pozas y su Jefe de Estado Mayor, el coronel Antonio Cordón, establecen su cuartel general en Bujaraloz. Su plan era atacar por siete puntos diferentes en una franja central de 100 km entre Zuera y Belchite. El dividir las fuerzas atacantes entre siete puntos distintos tenía por objeto dificultar el contraataque de los nacionales, así como ofrecer el menor blanco posible a los ataques aéreos.

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Battle of Belchite
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Map of the surroundings where the Battle of Belchite was developed with indication of initial and final situation
Date August 24, 1937 – September 7, 1937
Location Belchite, near Zaragoza, Spain
Result Republican tactical victory
Belligerents
Spain Spanish Republic Spain Nationalist Spain
Commanders
Enrique Líster Alfonso Trallero †
Strength
80,000 infantry
105 tanks
90 aircraft 50,000-100,000 infantry
Casualties and losses

v • d • e
Spanish Civil War
Alcázar – Gijón – Oviedo – Guipúzcoa – Mérida – Badajoz – Mallorca – Sierra Guadalupe – Irún – Monte Pelato – Talavera – Cape Espartel – Madrid – Corunna Road – Málaga – Jarama – War in the North – Guadalajara – Guernica – Bilbao – Brunete – Santander – Belchite – El Mazuco – Cape Cherchell – Teruel – Cape Palos – Aragon Offensive – XYZ Line – Ebro – Cantabria – Catalonia – Olite
Chronology: 1936 1937 1938–39
Battle of Belchite was a group of military operations that took place in the Spanish Civil War between August 24 and September 7, 1937 nearby the town of Belchite, in Aragon.
Prelude
Belchite: ruins of the old village

After failed attempts to capture Brunete, the Republican military leadership decided to try a new series of offensives to slow down the Nationalist advance in the north. A new campaign was therefore planned for Aragon. The decision wasn't based on political as well as military considerations, as the government saw it as a way to decrease anarchist and POUM influence in the region by bringing in communist troops and incorporating three anarchist divisions into the newly designated Army of the East under command of general Sebastian Pozas. Another objective of the planned offensive was to take Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon, which was only a few kilometers behind enemy lines. Capturing the regional capital offered more than symbolic significance because it was also the communication center of whole Aragon front. The first year of the war in this part of Spain had emphasized that the possession of key town was of far greater importance than the control of wide areas of open countryside. The Nationalists had only three divisions, the 51st, 52nd and 105th, spread across the 300 kilometers of front, with the majority of their troops concentrated in towns. General Pozas and his chief-of-staff Antonio Cordon set up their headquarters in Bujaraloz. Their plan was to break through at seven different points on the central 100-kilometre stretch between Zuera and Belchite. The object of splitting their attacking forces was to divide any Nationalist counter-attack and to offer fewer targets for bombing and strafing than at Brunete.

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