Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yanayin soja na Jamhuriyar Spain ya ci gaba da tabarbarewa a karkashin gwamnatin Negrín, galibi saboda ƙwarewar janar da jami'an adawa da yawa daga cikinsu tsoffin sojan 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 mummunan rauni na soja da kuma rashin nasarar duk tanadin taimakon Franco-British, ya nuna a cikin mummunan yanayin rayuwa a cikin baya (musamman dangane da abinci) wanda ya shafi tasirin siyasa na jama'a da juriya na soja na bangaren Jamhuriyar Republican. A ƙarshen 1938, daskarewa 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 "Dr Negrín's pills"). Rashin farin ciki da wani shafi na biyar, gajiya da yaƙi ya mamaye Madrid kuma rashin nasara ya yadu.