Military Regions of Spain

During the reign of Felipe V of Spain the old figure of Captain General, responsible for the royal army present in his jurisdiction, was revitalized.

They were thirteen regions: Andalusia, Aragon, Burgos, Canary Islands, Castilla la Vieja, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, Coast of Granada, Guipúzcoa, Mallorca, Navarra and Valencia.

[5] The eight traditional Military Regions (Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Burgos, Valladolid, La Coruña) were reestablished.

Due to the Allied landings in North Africa, Operation Torch, in November 1942, the creation of the IX Military Region was established to reorganize the forces in the area.

[9] After the failure of the pentomic reorganization of 1958 (American-inspired structuring of pentomic divisions, which were divided into five "combat groups" that could act independently), as it was based on American doctrine but did not have its human, material and financial resources, the Spanish Army undertook a new reorganization in 1965, inspired by French military doctrine, and with a marked regionalizing profile.

[14] To this end, on 17 October 1984 the second (Seville) and ninth (Granada) were abolished, to constitute the Southern Military Region, in application of the decree of restructuring of the territorial organization for the Army, which was approved that same year.