 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kubudirira kweAragon Offensivezvichikonzera kuti mauto eNationalist asvike kuGungwa reMediterranean, Republic yakakamurwa kuva maviri; Spanish Republican Army yakanga iri mukukanganiswa uye mugwagwa unoenda kuBarcelona wakanga wakazaruka nokuda kwekukunda neNationalists. Kunyange Mukuru Mukuru Vicente Rojo akataura kuti Barcelona ingadai yakatorwa nesimba shoma uye munguva shoma kupfuura muna January 1939. Mauto omuzvikamu zveNationalist pamwe chete nehama dzaFrancisco Franco dzeGermany neItaly dzaitarisira kurwisa Barcelona nokukurumidza. Kunyange zvakadaro, Franco akasarudza kutendeukira kumaodzanyemba kunorwisa guta guru reSpanish Republic kuValencia, nokuti aitya kupindira kweFrance muCatalonia, zvichitevera Anschluss. Uyezve, akanga asingadi kuti hondo ipere nokukurumidza, sezvo aida hondo yokuparadza Republic kuti aparadze vashori vose. Dionisio Ridruejo akati: Hondo refu yaireva rukundo rwakakwana. Franco akasarudza nzira youtsinye iyo, mukuona kwake, yakanga ichishandawo zvikuru. 