Bombing of Guernica

When

27 Apr 1937

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

126

Coordinates

43.32° N, 2.67° W

Description

1937 attack by military aircraft during the Spanish Civil War on the Basque village of Guernica

Attack by military aircraft during the Spanish Civil War

On 26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica 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.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Spanish Civil War: The Bombing of Guernica is carried out in Spain, by the Condor Legion of the Nazi German Luftwaffe, in support of the Francoists”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Luftangriff auf Guernica: Flugzeuge der deutschen Legion Condor, angeführt von Wolfram von Richthofen, zerstören die baskische Stadt Guernica”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bombardement de Guernica au Pays basque espagnol par l’aviation allemande de la légion Condor ; morts”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “германский авиалегион «Кондор» в ходе многочасовой бомбардировки разрушил испанский город Гернику в стране Басков”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en España, se produce el Bombardeo de Guernica”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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