 In late February 1939, their army was 400,000 compared to more than double that number of Nationalists.In the moment of their final victory, Nationalists commanded over 900,000 troops.The total number of Spaniards serving in the Republican forces was officially stated as 917,000; later scholarly work estimated the number as "well over 1 million men", though earlier studies claimed a Republican total of 1.75 million (including non-Spaniards).