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Siege of Oviedo

Siege of Oviedo
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Cercodeoviedo2.jpg
A bunker at the outskirts of Oviedo
Date July 19 - October 16, 1936
Location Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Result Nationalist victory
Belligerents

Spain Second Spanish Republic
Popular Front militia units Bandera CNT-FAI.png CNT-FAI

UGT
Francoist Spain Nationalist Spain
Commanders and leaders

UGT miner, Otero

CNT Steelworker, Higinio Carrocera
Colonel Antonio Aranda Mata
Strength
Unknown 3,000
Casualties and losses
5,000+ 2,500

Spain Second Spanish Republic
Popular Front militia units Bandera CNT-FAI.png CNT-FAI

UGT miner, Otero

The Siege of Oviedo was a siege in the Spanish Civil War that lasted from July 19 until October 16, 1936. The town garrison, under the command of Colonel Antonio Aranda Mata, declared for the Nationalist uprising and held out until relieved by a Nationalist force.

The Nationalists did not consider Oviedo, capital of the province of Asturias, as a likely place for a successful revolt, and initially it was considered a lost cause for the uprising. The town was the center of the Asturian October Revolution of 1934, and became an ongoing hive of revolutionary activity since the election of the Popular Front government earlier in the year.


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