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Bombardment of Almería

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111: 99: 39: 962:, and on 23 June Germany and Italy withdrew from the Non-Intervention Committee and Portugal withdrew the British observers on its frontier. At the end of July the Italians started a campaign of maritime attacks against Republican and neutral merchant ships. The loss of merchant ships and the beginning of the 893:. The commander of the German naval patrol protested, nevertheless Mallorca was a patrol zone assigned to France and the foreign ships were inside Spanish territorial waters. The same day, two Republican bombers piloted by Soviet pilots, 1252: 940:
were opposed to Prieto's plan because an open war against Germany might have brought the annihilation of the Republic. Negrin and Azaña sent protest notes to the secretary-general of the
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established naval patrols in order to patrol the Spanish coasts and harbors. The naval patrols were furnished by Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy. The
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and to the French and the British governments. However, the British and the French governments said that the German attack had been justified.
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attacked the city of Almeria. The German ships fired 200 shells at the town, killing 19-20 civilians, wounding 50 and destroying 35 buildings.
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led the Soviets to reduce their aid to the Republic. By mid 1937 the Republic was virtually isolated.
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was a naval action which took place on 31 May 1937, during the
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Mediterranean naval operations of the Spanish Civil War
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The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
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Index

Spanish Civil War

Almería
Spain
Spain
Spanish Republic
Nazi Germany
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Spanish Civil War
Background
List of battles
July 1936 uprising
Revolution
Melilla
Seville
1st Barcelona
Cuartel de la Montaña
Gijón
Oviedo
Cuartel de Loyola
1936
German intervention
Guadarrama
Andalusia
Alcázar
Extremadura
Convoy de la Victoria
Almendralejo

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