Battle of Valsequillo

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Battle of Valsequillo
Part of The Spanish Civil War
Buildings of former mining operations in Peñarroya
Date 5 January – 4 February 1939 Location Extremadura, Spain Result Nationalist victory
Belligerents
Spanish Republic	Nationalist Spain
Commanders and leaders
Juan Ibarrola Manuel Matallana	Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Strength
90,000 men 200 guns 40 tanks[1]	80,000 men 100 guns[2]
Casualties and losses
6,000[3]	2,000[1]

The Battle of Valsequillo, also known as Battle of Peñarroya, was a diversionary Republican offensive which took place in the Sierra Morena area in southern Extremadura and the north of Andalusia between 5 January and 4 February 1939 during the Spanish Civil War. The main goal of the offensive was to distract forces from the Nationalist offensive against Catalonia, but after having occupied 500 square kilometers the Republican advance was stopped and all the territorial gains were lost to a Nationalist counteroffensive.