What the records say
- When
- 1 Apr 1937
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 37.77° N, 3.77° W
- Description
- 1937 aerial bombing of a city
Bombing of Jaén
The bombing of Jaén was an aerial attack on the city of Jaén on 1 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, by the Condor Legion of Nazi Germany, who fought for the rebels. The bombing was ordered by the General Queipo de Llano, as retaliation for a Republican air raid on the city of Córdoba.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Bombing of Jaén is carried out in Spain, by the Condor Legion of the Nazi German Luftwaffe”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le bombardement de Jaén par la Légion Condor fait 159 victimes civiles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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