Raids on Guernica
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Human Rights, Civil Wars, Coups, Fascism, Fascists, Massacres, Genocide, Torture, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Spain
- Date: April 26, 1937
Article abstract: Raids on Guernica make civilians the target of military assaults in the Spanish Civil War, placing Franco in complicity with Hitler’s agenda for world domination.
Summary of Event
Probably the most notorious event linked with war to precede Hitler’s “Final Solution,” the bombing of a completely civilian target in the Basque area of Spain—the town of Guernica—revealed to the world the tactics of Spain’s General Francisco Franco and his ability to enlist the aid of Fascist dictators Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.
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