193825 July–16 November 1938 · Corbera d'Ebre and Gandesa, Terra Alta

Battle of the Ebro

A rutted street between shell-damaged stone houses in the ruined old village of Corbera d'Ebre — Photo: Estevoaei. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

In July 1938 the Republican army crossed the Ebro by night in boats and on pontoon bridges, trying to reunite its divided territory and buy time for help from abroad. Franco's forces, backed by German and Italian aircraft, ground the offensive down in four months of fighting in the hills of the Terra Alta. The defeat destroyed the Republic's army, and Catalonia fell early in 1939.

Military & Battlefields
Political History
Barcelona, Spain

Sites

Site 1: Poble Vell, Corbera d'EbreThe ruined old village, left as it was after the fighting as a memorial.Map ↗
Site 2: Battle of the Ebro study centre, GandesaExhibition of weapons, photographs and stories from the battle.Map ↗