Siege of San Salvador

Siege of San Salvador
Part of the Creeperian Civil War
Ruins of San Salvador following end of the siege.
Date May 17, 1946-August 30, 1949 (3 years, 3 months, 1 week and 6 days) Location San Salvador and the surrounding department Result Romerist Victory Deaths of Romero I and Miguel VII
Belligerents
Miguelists	Romerists
Commanders and leaders
Miguel VII † Marcos I Juan Salinas Figueroa † Miguel Salinas Ortega José Bolívar Aguirre Mariano Alcocer Fraga Pascual Espinar Casaus †	Romero I † Romero II Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno Máximo Barrueco Morterero Juan Primavera Sánchez † Jorge Díaz Molina Carlos Hernández Videla Alexander Sánchez Molina Adolfo Rivera López
Units involved
Miguelist Armed Forces Miguelist Army Miguelist Navy Miguelist Air Force Miguelist National Guard Atheist Red Army	Romerist Armed Forces Romerist Army Romerist Navy Romerist Air Force Romerist Imperial Guard Camisas Negras Cristeros FRENAMI
Strength
1.5 million soldiers 45,000 artillery pieces 2,400 tanks 1,300 aircraft 16 ships	1.3 million soldiers 45,000 artillery pieces 2,600 tanks 2,100 aircraft 15 ships
Casualties and losses
434,000 dead 567,000 wounded 32,000 artillery lost 2,100 tanks lost 1,300 aircraft lost 16 ships sunk	560,000 dead 590,000 wounded 28,000 artillery lost 2,100 tanks lost 1,200 aircraft lost 12 ships sunk
4.3 million dead, 7.1 million wounded, 23.4 million displaced

The Siege of San Salvador (Creeperian Spanish: Cerco de San Salvador), also called the Battle of San Salvador (Batalla de San Salvador), was the largest, lengthiest, and deadliest confrontation of the Creeperian Civil War, in which the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council and the National Council for Peace and Order fought for control of the city of San Salvador, the capital city of Creeperopolis.

The Miguelist offensive to capture San Salvador began in May 1946. The attack was supported by the Miguelist Air Force bombing which reduced much of the city to rubble. The fighting degenerated into house-to-house fighting; both sides poured reinforcements into the city to prevent the other from gaining complete control. By 1948, 60% of the city had been reduced to rubble.

In June 1949, the Miguelists launched an offensive into western San Salvador which failed. The Romerists responded and launched an offensive into the eastern parts of the city controlled by the Miguelists. The Miguelists began to fall apart and a retreat order was given. Romero II ordered a no-quarter on Miguelist prisoners of war. The Miguelists completely withdrew out of the San Salvador Valley on August 30, 1949. The siege lasted three years, three months, one week, and six days.

Siege

Massacre of 1947

Main article: San Salvador Massacre (1947)

Burning of 1948

Main article: Burning of San Salvador (1948)

Offensive of June 1949

Main article: San Salvador Offensive of June 1949

Offensive of August 1949

Main article: San Salvador Offensive of August 1949

See Also

• San Salvador (city)
• San Salvador (department)