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Battle of Málaga

Battle of Málaga was a battle fought on 3 February 1937 at Málaga, in what is now Spain. It was part of the Spanish Civil War, which ran from 1936 to 1939. The recorded result: Nationalist victory.

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Fought3 February 1937
WhereMálaga, Spain36.717N, 4.417W
OutcomeNationalist victory
BelligerentsSpanish RepublicagainstNationalist Spain; CTV; Nazi Germany
Part ofSpanish Civil War1936 to 1939

Where it sits in the Spanish Civil War

Siege of Almadén, 1934Siege of the Alcázar, 1936Battle of Lopera, 1936Siege of the Montaña Barracks, 1936Battle of Vigo, 1936Siege of Gijón, 1936Siege of Oviedo, 1936Siege of Tocina barracks, 1936Siege of the Loyola barracks, 1936Battle of Guadarrama, 1936Convoy de la Victoria, 1936Battle of Sigüenza, 1936Battle of Almendralejo, 1936Battle of Mérida, 1936Battle of Badajoz, 1936Battle of Majorca, 1936Saseta defence work, 1936Battle of Irún, 1936Battle of Monte Pelado, 1936Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe, 1936Battle of Talavera de la Reina, 1936Battle of Cerro Muriano, 1936Siege of Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza, 1936Battle of Eibar, 1936Battle of Cape Espartel, 1936Battle of Seseña, 1936Siege of Madrid, 1936Battle of Ciudad Universitaria, 1936First Battle of the Corunna Road, 1936Second Battle of the Corunna Road, 1936Battle of Guadalajara, 1937Battle of Jarama, 1937Battle of El Escamplero, 1937Battle of Málaga, 1937Battle of Cape Machichaco, 1937Battle of Pozoblanco, 1937Battle of Saibigain, 1937Battle of Intxortas, 1937Battle of Bermeo, 1937Barcelona May Days, 1937Battle of Sollube, 1937Battle of Bilbao, 1937Battle of Albarracín, 1937Battle of Brunete, 1937Battle of Belchite, 1937Battle of Quinto, 1937Battle of El Mazucu, 1937Battle of Cape Cherchell, 1937Battle of Santander, 1937Battle of Fuentes de Ebro, 1937Battle of Teruel, 1937Battle of Caspe, 1938Battle of Alfambra, 1938Aragon Offensive, 1938Battle of Gandesa, 1938Battle of the Segre, 1938Merida pocket, 1938Battle of the Ebro, 1938Siege of Gandesa, 1938Sinking of the SS Cantabria, 1938Catalonia Offensive, 1938Battle of Bielsa pocket, 193919341939Battle of Málaga, 1937
62 placed engagements of the Spanish Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date3 February 1937
PlaceMálaga, Spain
36.717N, 4.417W
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Strength12,000 to 40,000 Republican militia; 16 pieces of artillery10,000 Italian troops; 10,000 Moroccan colonial troops; 5,000 Requetes militia; some Italian tanks; 100 Italian aircraft; 4 cruisers
Casualties and losses3,000 to 5,000 killed; 3,600 captured, then executedSpanish: Unknown; Italian: 130 killed,; 424 wounded
Commanders
  • José Villalba Lacorte
  • Queipo de Llano
  • Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre
  • Agustín Muñoz Grandes
  • Mario Roatta
Battle of MálagaBattle of MálagaSiege of MálagaBattle of MálagaBattle of GuadalhorceBattle of FuengirolaBattle of ArchidonaBattle of GuadalhorceBattle of FuengirolaBattle of ArchidonaSevilleCórdobaTangierCádizGibraltarCeutaJaénAlgeciras100 km36.717N, 4.417W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1487 and 1937.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1937

Battle of Málaga is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2032683, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Málaga (1937), revision 1370451007, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.