there of an infection that resulted from an injury to his hand in 1940. The Nationalists arrested hundreds of thousands of Republican soldiers and civilians, with 150,000 soldiers captured in the final offensive, and herded them into improvised concentration camps. There were between 367,000 and 500,000 prisoners in 1939. In the first years after the war, 50,000 Republican prisoners were executed. In literature Casado's coup and the last days of the war are the background of Max Aub's novels, Campo del Moro and Campo de los Almendros. See also List of Spanish Nationalist military equipment of the Spanish Civil War List of weapons of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie List of Spanish Republican military equipment of the Spanish Civil War Notes References Aub, Max (1979) (in Spanish). Campo del moro. Madrid. Alfaguara. . Aub, Max (1981) (in Spanish). Campo de los almendros. Madrid. Alfaguara. . Beevor, Antony. (2006). The Battle for Spain. the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Penguin Books. London. . Graham, Helen. (2005). The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short introduction. Oxford University Press. . Jackson, Gabriel. (1967) The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931–1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. . Preston, Paul. (1995). Franco. Fontana Press. London. . Preston, Paul. (2006). The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution & Revenge. Harper Perennial. London. . . Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. . Further reading Viñas, Ángel; and Hernández Sánchez, Fernando. (2009). El Desplome de la República. Editorial Crítica. Barcelona. . External links "Casado's Coup". Time. 13 March 1939. "Foreign News: Aftermath". Time. 10 April 1939. "Madrid gives itself up to Franco". The Manchester Guardian . 29 March 1939. Battles of the Spanish Civil War 1939 in Spain Conflicts in 1939 March 1939 events April 1939 events