Battle of Cerro Muriano
Battle of Cerro Muriano | |||||||
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Part of the Córdoba offensive, Spanish Civil War | |||||||
A monument to the "Falling Soldier", Federico Borrell García "Taino", in his hometown of Benilloba | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
José Miaja | José Enrique Varela | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
High | Minimal |
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- July 1936 uprising / Revolution
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- Guadarrama
- Andalusia
- Alcázar
- Extremadura
- Convoy de la Victoria
- Almendralejo
- Sigüenza
- 1st Mérida
- Badajoz
- Majorca
- Sierra Guadalupe
- Córdoba
- Gipuzkoa
- Monte Pelado
- Talavera
- Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza
- Guinea
- Cerro Muriano
- Cape Spartel
- Seseña
- Madrid
- 1st Corunna Road
- Villarreal
- Ursula
- Aceituna
- 2nd Corunna Road
- 3rd Corunna Road
- Málaga
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- Pozoblanco
- War in the North
- Jaén
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- Deutschland
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- Zaragoza
- 1st Belchite
- Cape Cherchell
- Sabiñánigo
- 1st Lérida
- Teruel
- Valladolid
- Alfambra
- Cape Palos
- Aragon
- 2nd Belchite
- 3rd Barcelona
- Caspe
- 2nd Lérida
- 1st Gandesa
- Segre
- Levante
- Balaguer
- Los Blázquez
- Alicante
- Granollers
- Bielsa
- 2nd Mérida
- Ebro
- 2nd Gandesa
- Cantabria
- Cabra
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The Battle of Cerro Muriano took place during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The battle is perhaps most known today for the famous photograph, The Falling Soldier, that Robert Capa took during it.
Location
Cerro Muriano is a village in Andalusia currently within the municipal terms of Córdoba and Obejo in the Province of Córdoba.
History
The battle followed the August Córdoba offensive and lasted two days, 5 and 6 September 1936. After a 36-hour siege the Regulares and the Spanish Legion troops overran the Republican positions of the Columna Miaja leaving many dead.[1]
The battle is famous owing to the picture of a "falling militiaman" taken by Robert Capa, a picture that sought to represent the tragic fate of the Spanish Republic.[2][3]
See also
- The Falling Soldier controversy
- List of Spanish Republican military equipment of the Spanish Civil War
- List of Spanish Nationalist military equipment of the Spanish Civil War
References
38°0′12″N 4°46′13″W / 38.00333°N 4.77028°W / 38.00333; -4.77028
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