Introduction

History of the Second World War Episode 40, the Spanish Civil War Part 5, the Attack on Madrid. Nationalists knew that they had to start making progress if they wanted to ensure that they were capable of carrying the war forward. The first order of business for the Nationalists was to join the large mass of Nationalist territory in the northwestern parts of Spain with those areas of the south where the Army of Africa would be advancing out of after they made it across the straits from Africa. After these two pieces of territory were joined together, the next target was somewhat obvious: Madrid.