| Battle of Pozoblanco | |||||||
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| Part of the Spanish Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spanish Republic |  Nationalist Spain | ||||||
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| Gabriel Morales Joaquín Pérez Salas Enrique García Moreno | Gonzalo Queipo de Llano | ||||||
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