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The capture of Villanueva de la Cañada

Villanueva de la Cañada, Cuenca del Guadarrama, Madrid

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The capture of Villanueva de la Cañada

Historical milestone · Villanueva de la Cañada, Cuenca del Guadarrama, Madrid

Image of Villanueva de la Cañada, not of the place itself.

The British battalion of the XV International Brigade took the village on the second day of the Brunete offensive, in July 1937, after house-to-house fighting in over forty degrees. The delay in subduing it slowed the republican advance southwards.

7 de julio de 1937

Photo: Jdelahid (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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