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Belchite is a town in Zaragoza province, Spain, about 40 km southeast of Zaragoza. On August 24, 1937, it was the site of a major battle of the Spanish Civil War. Categories: Spain geography stubs | Aragon | Provinces of Spain ... Zaragoza (formerly Saragossa in English; Latin Caesaraugusta) is the capital city of the autonomous region and former kingdom of Aragon in Spain, and is located on the river Ebro, and its tributaries the Huerva and Gállego, near the centre of the region, in a great valley with a variety... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Second Spanish Republic Foreign volunteers Nationalist Spain Fascist Italy Nazi Germany Commanders Manuel Azaña Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín Francisco Franco The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 18, 1936 to April 1, 1939, was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and political...


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Belchite (163 words)
Belchite ls located in central Spain about 40 km south-east of Zaragoza.
The aim of the offensive was to capture Zaragoza and to halt the nationalists offensives in the North.
After the Spanish civil war had ended it was decided to leave Belchite as it was and to build a new Belchite next to the original.
- EL MUNDO | Suplemento cronica 494 - BELCHITE, ¿PARQUE TEMATICO? (1025 words)
En estos tiempos en que la España socialista descabalga con nocturnidad generalísimos de plazas y parques, cuando al Valle de los Caídos se le busca una lectura políticamente correcta que satisfaga a vencedores y vencidos, Miguel sigue con su rutina de atravesar la alambrada que le devuelve la Historia.
Belchite fue el yunque, fue el reducto que había de aguantar mientras se desarrollaban las operaciones del Norte».
La defensa del viejo Belchite como memento de sangres guerracivilistas no es sólo cosa de fachas, a pesar de que la ultraderecha ha celebrado allí de vez en cuando actos conmemorativos de pistola macho y mano alzada.
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