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Battle of the Ebro

Battle of the Ebro was a battle fought on 25 July 1938 at Ebro, in what is now Spain; it lasted 4 months. It was part of the Spanish Civil War, which ran from 1936 to 1939. The recorded result: Nationalist victory.

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битва на эбро. Augusto ferrer dalmau, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought25 July 1938lasted 4 months
WhereEbro, Spain41.164N, 0.475E
OutcomeNationalist victory
BelligerentsSpanish Republic; International BrigadesagainstNationalist Spain; Aviazione Legionaria; Condor Legion
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 the Ebro, 1938
62 placed engagements of the Spanish Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date25 July 1938
to 16 November 1938
PlaceEbro, Spain
41.164N, 0.475E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Strength80,000; Thomas: 70–80 field batteries; 27 anti-aircraft guns; Beevor: 22 tanks (T-26); 150 guns90,000; July: 100 fighters; 140 bombers; 31 August: 100 tanks; 300 guns; 500 aircraft
Casualties and lossesThomas: 10,000–15,000 killed; Jackson: 10,000; Preston: 7,150 killed; 20,000 wounded; 19,563 captured; 80 aircraft destroyedThomas: 6,500 killed; Preston: 6,100 killed; Jackson: 5,000 killed; 30,000 wounded; 5,000 captured
Commanders
Battle of the EbroBattle of the EbroBattle of GandesaSiege of GandesaSiege of GandesaSiege of GandesaSiege of MiravetBattle of GandesaSiege of GandesaBarcelonaZaragozaCastelloMataró100 km41.164N, 0.475E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of the Ebro
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of the Ebro today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-07-23. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 474 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 78 to 567 m, 490 m of relief, steep country and today it is 69% tree cover, 15% grassland, 14% shrubland.

tree cover: 69%grassland: 15%shrubland: 14%tree cover 69%grassland 15%shrubland 14%
west to east, 10.0 km173 to 550 mnorth to south, 10.0 km288 to 541 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1938

Battle of the Ebro 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 Q1280119, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Ebro, revision 1370599339, 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.