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Siege of Oviedo
Part of the Spanish Civil War

A bunker at the outskirts of Oviedo
Date19 July–16 October 1936
Location
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Result

Nationalist victory

  • Siege lifted
Belligerents
Spain Second Spanish Republic
Siege of Oviedo Antifascist Worker and Peasant Militias
Siege of Oviedo Confederal militias
Francoist Spain Nationalist Spain
Commanders and leaders
Spain Col. José Franco Mussió
Spain Lt. Col. Alfonso Ros Hernández  Executed
Spain Lt. Col. Javier Linares Aranzabe
Siege of Oviedo Francisco Martínez Dutor
Siege of Oviedo Higinio Carrocera
Col. Antonio Aranda
Col. Eduardo Recas
Lt. Col. Carlos Lapresa Rodríguez
Lt. Col. Gerardo Caballero  (WIA)
Strength
10,000
1 light tank
1 armoured tractor
3,000
3 light tanks
Casualties and losses
5,000+ 1 light tank 2,500+ 1 light tank

The siege of Oviedo was a siege in the Spanish Civil War that lasted from 19 July until 16 October 1936. The town garrison, under the command of Colonel Antonio Aranda Mata, took sides for the Nationalist uprising and held out until relieved by a Nationalist force from Galicia.

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