Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Juan Modesto

Battles of Juan Modesto

Spanish general (1906–1969)

Juan Modesto is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1936 and 1938: 4 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 804 km apart end to end, 161 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Spanish Civil War (6).

Siege of GandesaSiege of the AlcázarBattle of GuadarramaBattle of Talavera de la ReinaSecond Battle of the Corunna RoadBattle of the EbroSiege of the AlcázarBattle of GuadarramaSecond Battle of the Corunna RoadBattle of the EbroValenciaZaragozaValladolidCastelloGuadalajara200 km40.511N, 2.179W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1936: 4 engagements4 in 19361938: 2 engagements19361938
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of the Alcázar, 1936Battle of Guadarrama, 1936Battle of Talavera de la Reina, 1936Second Battle of the Corunna Road, 1936Battle of the Ebro, 1938Siege of Gandesa, 193819361938
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1936Siege of the AlcázarAlcázar of Toledo, SpainNationalist victory; Siege lifted; Nationalists capture...
24 July 1936Battle of GuadarramaSierra de Guadarrama, Spain149 km NNationalist offensive stopped; Front at the Sierra de...
3 September 1936Battle of Talavera de la ReinaTalavera de la Reina, Spain170 km SWNationalist victory
13 December 1936Second Battle of the Corunna RoadSpain94 km NERepublican victory
25 July 1938Battle of the EbroEbro, Spain377 km ENationalist victory
31 July 1938Siege of GandesaGandesa, Spain13 km SNationalist 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, Gontzi99, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.