Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Francisco Galán

Spanish military officer, 1902 to 1971

Francisco Galán is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1936 and 1938: 3 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 944 km apart end to end, 315 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Spanish Civil War (4).

Battle of GuadarramaSiege of MadridBattle of El MazucuBattle of the SegreBattle of GuadarramaSiege of MadridBattle of El MazucuBattle of the SegreBilbaoToulouseZaragozaValladolidPamplonaAndorraSan SebastiánOviedoBurgosSalamanca200 km41.901N, 1.926W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1936: 2 engagements2 in 19361937: 1 engagements1938: 1 engagements19361938
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Guadarrama, 1936Siege of Madrid, 1936Battle of El Mazucu, 1937Battle of the Segre, 193819361938
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
24 July 1936Battle of GuadarramaSierra de Guadarrama, SpainNationalist offensive stopped; Front at the Sierra de...
8 November 1936Siege of MadridMadrid, Spain83 km SNationalist victory; Republicans win the battle in 1936...
6 September 1937Battle of El MazucuLlanes, Spain343 km NNationalist victory
4 April 1938Battle of the SegreSegre, Spain518 km ENationalist victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.