Bombing of Guernica
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Cities, Urbanization, Civil Wars, Coups, Aircraft, Airplanes, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Spain
- Date: April 26, 1937
Article abstract: Type of action: Aerial bombardment and strafing of a town in the Spanish Civil War. Result: Bombing destroyed 70 percent of Guernica.
At 4:30 p.m. on April 26, 1937, Guernica, considered the cultural, historical, and spiritual capital of the Basques, was reduced to burning rubble by Germany’s Condor Legion in the service of Francisco Franco’s Nationalist army.
A total of forty planes dropped a combination of high explosives and incendiary bombs (two-to-one ratio) on the town. More than twenty-two tons (another source claims roughly...
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