On 26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica (Gernika in Basque) was aerially bombed during the Spanish Civil War. It was carried out at the behest of Francisco Franco 's rebel Nationalist faction by its allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe 's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, under the code name Operation Rügen.

2016年7月25日 · The bombing of Guernica was a brutal and unprovoked attack on a civilian target. It was not defended by any aircraft and did not have any air defenses. It was considered an easy target. The bombing of Guernica was condemned around the world it was widely seen as a crime against humanity.

Gernika was the first town to be the victim of a bombing attack that was conceived as a large-scale military experiment involving the use of a huge number of bombs (around 31 to 41 tons of bombs were dropped). The plan of attack would be used elsewhere in …

2022年4月25日 · The bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War heralded a terrible new age of warfare. But who was the main culprit – Hitler or Franco? Paul Preston considers the evidence...

2020年3月21日 · At 4.30pm on Apr. 26, the legion Condor attacked Guernica. Three modern He 111 medium bombers and one Dornier Do 17 light bomber flew in the lead as pathfinders. They were followed up by 18 jut 52 bombers and supported by Bf 109 and He 51 fighter planes. The attack was also joined by some Nationalist Air Force Ju 52s.

2017年5月13日 · Flying in three-plane wedges, the Ju 52s dropped a mix of high explosive and incendiary bombs on Guernica for approximately fifteen minutes, while the escorting fighters strafed ground targets in and around the town. Departing the area, the bombers returned to base as the town burned.

Over the next three hours, the planes dropped 100,000 pounds (45,400kg) of high-explosive and incendiary bombs, reducing Guernica to a smouldering ruin. It was one of the first crimes against...

Explore the tragic bombing of Guernica on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, its impact on civilians, and its legacy as a symbol of war's horrors.

The bombing occurred on April 27, 1937. Nazi forces bombarded Guernica without caring that it held no strategic military value. Guernica’s bombing was the first aerial saturation bombing of a civilian population; it lasted for approximately two hours (“Guernica, 1937 by Pablo Picasso”).

For those living in the Basque town of Guernica WW2 began on 26 April 1937, when Nazi Germany bombed the town on behalf of Franco and the Nationalist Government during the Spanish Civil War. The raid, led by the Nazi Luftwaffe, targeted civilians and killed many.