Following the fall without resistance of Barcelona in January 1939 , the recognition of the Francoist regime by France and the United Kingdom in February 1939 , and internal conflict Hostile_encounter between Republican factions in Madrid in March 1939 , Franco entered Arriving the capital and declared Expressing_publicly victory on 1 April 1939 .

The city , besieged Besieging from October 1936 , eventually fell Motion_directional to the Francoist armies on 28 March 1939 .