Bombing of Guernica

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The Bombing of Guernica

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Spanish Civil War: Alcázar – Mérida – Badajoz – Sierra Guadalupe – Cape Espartel – Málaga – Guadalajara – Guernica – Belchite – El Mazuco – Cape Cherchell – Cape Palos – Ebro

The bombing of Guernica was an aerial attack on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War by the German Luftwaffe squadron known as the Condor Legion against the Basque city of Guernica. It was the first aerial bombardment in history in which a civilian population was attacked with the apparent intent of producing total destruction.

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