<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Francoist Spain">Francoist</a> troops fail in their effort to capture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>, but begin the three-year <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Madrid" id="mwtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Madrid">Siege of Madrid</a> afterwards.