that Yagüe killed thousands of militiamen and civilians after the fall of the city and burned the corpses because he did not want to leave enemies, either soldiers or civilians, to the rear of his army. In fact, Yagüe was quoted to have said the following to John T. Whitaker: "Of course we shot them - he said to me - what do you expect? Was I supposed to take 4,000 reds with me as my column advanced, racing against time? Was I expected to turn them loose in my rear and let them make Badajoz red again?" The massacre at Badajoz was not a unique case in the march of Yagüe's column from Seville to Badajoz. In every city conquered by Yagüe's men, many civilians were killed. Over six thousand people were killed in the province of Badajoz alone (including the city of Badajoz itself). Most of the victims were journeymen and farmers, and the wholesale massacre of the populace later became known to the world as Franco's White Terror. See also List of Spanish Nationalist military equipment of the Spanish Civil War List of Spanish Republican military equipment of the Spanish Civil War Notes References Beevor, Antony. The battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War:1936-1939. Penguin Books. 2006. London. Neves, Mario. La matanza de Badajoz. Junta de Extremadura. Mérida. 2007. Espinosa, Francisco. Contra el olvido. Historia y memoria de la guerra civil. Editorial Crítica. Barcelona. 2006. , De Madariaga, MºRosa Los moros que trajo Franco...La intervención de tropas coloniales en la guerra civil. Ediciones Martínez Roca. Barcelona. 2002. Jackson, Gabriel. La república española y la guerra civil. 2005. RBA. Barcelona. Casanova, Julián; Espinosa, Francisco; Mir, Conxita; y Moreno GÓMEZ, Francisco. Morir, matar, sobrevivir. La violencia en la dictadura de Franco. 2004. Editorial Crítica. Barcelona. Villar, Pierre. La guerra civil española. Editorial Crítica. 2004. Barcelona. Southworth, Herbert H. El mito de la cruzada de Franco. 2008. Random House Mondadori. Madrid. Espinosa, Francisco. La columna de la muerte. El avance del ejército franquista de Sevilla a Badajoz. 2003. Editorial Crítica. Barcelona. Julía, Santos; Casanova, Julián; Solé I Sabaté, Josep Maria; Villarroya, Joan; Moreno, Francisco. Victimas de la guerra civil. Ediciones Temas de Hoy. Madrid. 1999. External links Spartacus Educational - Battle of Badajoz La Marcha: The Drive on Madrid La matanza de Badajoz (Spanish) 1936 in Spain Battles of the Spanish Civil War Badajoz Spanish Civil War prisoner of war