Battle of Cerro Muriano

Coordinates: 38°0′12″N 4°46′13″W / 38.00333°N 4.77028°W

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Battle of Cerro Muriano

Part of the Córdoba offensive, Spanish Civil War

A monument to the "Falling Soldier", Federico Borrell García "Taino", in his hometown of Benilloba

Date	5–6 September 1936
Location	Cerro Muriano, Córdoba, Spain
Result	Nationalist victory

Belligerents

Spanish Republic

Nationalist Spain

Commanders and leaders

José Miaja

José Enrique Varela

Casualties and losses

High

Minimal

Spanish Civil War

Background
List of battles

July 1936 uprising / Revolution

1936

German intervention
Guadarrama
Andalusia
Alcázar
Extremadura
Convoy de la Victoria
Almendralejo
Sigüenza
1st Mérida
Badajoz
Majorca
Sierra Guadalupe
Córdoba
Gipuzkoa
- Irún
Monte Pelado
Talavera
Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza
Guinea
Cerro Muriano
Cape Spartel
Seseña
Madrid
- Ciudad Universitaria
1st Corunna Road
Villarreal
Ursula
Aceituna
- Lopera
2nd Corunna Road

1937

3rd Corunna Road
Málaga
- Road massacre
Jarama
Cape Machichaco
Guadalajara
Pozoblanco
War in the North
- Cantabrian Sea
- Biscay
  - Durango
  - Guernica
  - Bilbao
- Santander
- Asturias
  - El Mazuco
Jaén
2nd Barcelona
Deutschland
Almería
Segovia
Huesca
Albarracín
Brunete
Zaragoza
1st Belchite
Cape Cherchell
Sabiñánigo
1st Lérida
Teruel

1938

1939

The Battle of Cerro Muriano took place during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The battle is perhaps most known today for the famous photograph, The Falling Soldier, that Robert Capa took during it.

Location

Cerro Muriano is a village in Andalusia currently within the municipal terms of Córdoba and Obejo in the Province of Córdoba.

History

The battle followed the August Córdoba offensive and lasted two days, 5 and 6 September 1936. After a 36-hour siege the Regulares and the Spanish Legion troops overran the Republican positions of the Columna Miaja leaving many dead.^[1]

The battle is famous owing to the picture of a "falling militiaman" taken by Robert Capa, a picture that sought to represent the tragic fate of the Spanish Republic.^[2]^[3]

References

^ La battaglia di Cerro Muriano
^ "El combate de Cerro Muriano y la foto de robert capa". Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ La identidad de "Taino" en una foto atribuida a Robert Capa

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