2nd October 1937
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Zaragoza

Zaragoza also known in English as Saragossa, is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro basin.

The July 1936 coup d'état (with Gen. Miguel Cabanellas, Col. Monasterio, Urrutia, Sueiro, Major Cebollero and Gen.Gregorio de Benito at the centre of the Mola-led conspiracy in Zaragoza) triumphed in the city. After the military uprising in Africa on 17th July, [see Melilla] the military command easily attained its objectives in Zaragoza in the early morning of 19th July, despite the city's status as a stronghold of organised labour (mostly CNT anarcho-syndicalists but also UGT trade unionists), as the civil governor critically refused to give weapons to the people in time. Many refugees, including members of the provincial committees of parties and unions, fled to Caspe, the capital of the territory of Aragon, which was still controlled by the Republic.

Thus, as one of the two big cities under Rebel control since the early stages of the Spanish Civil War (along with Seville), Zaragoza profited from an increasing industrial production vis-à-vis the war economy, playing a key role for the Francoist faction as ammunition manufacturer.

The General Military Academy, a higher training center of the Spanish Army, was re-established on 27 September 1940 by José Enrique Varela, the Francoist Minister of the Army.

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