The Battle of Jarama was an attempt by General Francisco Franco's Nationalists to dislodge the Republican lines along the river Jarama, just east of Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War. Elite Spanish Legionnaires and Moroccan Regulares from the Army of Africa forced back the Republican Army of the Centre, including the International Brigades, but after days of fierce fighting no breakthrough was achieved. Republican counterattacks along the captured ground likewise failed, resulting in heavy casualties to both sides.
Italian SM.81 bomber, of same type as used by Nationalist air force
Republican trenches in Rivas-Vaciamadrid. The hill in front was in Nationalist hands. Madrid-Valencia road cannot be seen but is to the left of the picture.
The Spanish Republican Army was the main branch of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.
Cartoon by Joan Junceda ridiculing the Spanish Army that led to the attack of the Cu-Cut! head office
14 April 1931, proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in Barcelona
Spanish Republican military flag used in the Battle of the Ebro. 1938
The Loring R-3 built for Aeronáutica Militar.