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733:Cape Palos
723:Valladolid
702:1st Lérida
697:Sabiñánigo
668:Albarracín
572:Pozoblanco
494:Villarreal
401:1st Mérida
363:Guadarrama
302:Revolution
283:Background
1079:Aftermath
1061:Esquivias
1055:regulares
1010:Léon Blum
877:Cartagena
851:Catalonia
825:Cantabria
625:El Mazuco
613:Santander
369:Andalusia
209:regulares
1195:(1994).
1123:See also
1087:Katiuska
1073:Illescas
1051:Moroccan
938:against
792:Alicante
782:Balaguer
728:Alfambra
681:Zaragoza
619:Asturias
601:Guernica
508:Aceituna
445:Talavera
427:Gipuzkoa
396:Sigüenza
193:Strength
65:Location
1092:Seville
1035:Latvian
975:Badajoz
945:tanks.
913:, near
872:Minorca
776:Levante
674:Brunete
658:Segovia
653:Almería
596:Durango
421:Córdoba
411:Majorca
406:Badajoz
374:Alcázar
316:Seville
310:Melilla
76:, Spain
44:, near
1454:
1440:
1433:
1411:
1203:
1113:Madrid
1109:Getafe
1006:France
999:Griñon
987:Toledo
971:Mérida
940:Soviet
931:Toledo
919:Madrid
915:Toledo
911:Seseña
907:Soviet
901:was a
862:Xàtiva
802:Bielsa
739:Aragon
708:Teruel
663:Huesca
606:Bilbao
590:Biscay
554:Jarama
541:Málaga
515:Lopera
500:Ursula
476:Madrid
470:Seseña
455:Guinea
338:Oviedo
223:8 dead
162:
82:Result
74:Toledo
70:Seseña
1140:Notes
959:Ju 52
831:Cabra
770:Segre
755:Caspe
333:Gijón
1452:ISBN
1438:ISBN
1431:ISBN
1409:ISBN
1201:ISBN
1117:Mola
997:and
981:and
961:and
943:T-26
929:and
897:The
843:1939
813:Ebro
716:1938
634:Jaén
529:1937
433:Irún
350:1936
57:Date
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1292:^
1237:^
1160:^
1104:.
977:,
973:,
300:/
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72:,
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1171:.
905:-
259:e
252:t
245:v
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