Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yanayin soja na Jamhuriyar Spain ya ci gaba da tabarbarewa a karkashin gwamnatin Negrín, galibi saboda ingancin janar da jami'an da ke adawa da juna da yawa daga cikinsu tsoffin mayakan yaƙin Rif, kuma a cikin 1938 babbar fa'idar 'yan tawaye dangane da maza (20%), jiragen sama da bindigogi da Jamus da Italiya suka bayar. A cikin shekara ta 1938, rashin nasarar nasarar da aka samu na rashin nasarar soja da kuma rashin nasarar duk tanadi na taimakon Franco-British, an nuna shi a cikin mummunan yanayin rayuwa a baya (musamman dangane da abinci) wanda ya shafi tasirin siyasa na jama'a da juriya na soja na bangaren Jamhuriyar Republican. A ƙarshen 1938, daskararru da rabin mutanen da ke fama da yunwa a cikin
Siege na Madrid yana fama da matsanancin rashin abinci mai gina jiki saboda ƙuntataccen abincin yau da kullun na gram 100 na burodi da lentils (wanda ake kira "kwayoyin Dr Negrín"). Rashin farin ciki da wani shafi na biyar, gajiya da yaƙi ya mamaye Madrid kuma rashin nasara ya yadu.