aimed to "take the city" within the shortest possible time. This battle signaled the beginning of a new phase in the Spanish Civil War. Until then, the Francoist troops had been advancing relatively unopposed across Spain, conquering large swathes of territory in a few months. But here, at the Ciudad Universitaria, they encountered fierce and relentless opposition for the first time. See also List of Spanish Republican military equipment of the Spanish Civil War List of Spanish Nationalist military equipment of the Spanish Civil War References Ciudad Universitaria 1936 in Spain Ciudad Universitaria Ciudad Universitaria Attacks on schools in Europe Complutense University of Madrid November 1936 events 1930s in Madrid