german aviators were responsible for bombing the spanish town of guernica.
german aviators were responsible for bombing the spanish town of guernica.
who was responsible for bombing the spanish town of guernica?
german aviators
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on april 26, 1937, during the spanish civil war, guernica was the scene of the bombing of guernica by the condor legion of nazi germany's "luftwaffe" and the italian aviazione legionaria. according to official basque figures, 1,654 civilians were killed, but german sources report a round figure of 300 civilians killed in the bombing, according to the german "bundeswehr magazine" (published in april 2007, page 94). the raid was requested by francisco franco to aid in his overthrowing the basque government and the spanish republican government. the town was devastated, though the biscayan assembly and the oak of guernica survived. the bombing of guernica, that went on continuously for three hours, is considered to be the beginning of the luftwaffe doctrine of terror bombing, where civilian targets were selected to demoralize the enemy. pablo picasso painted his famous "guernica" painting to commemorate the horrors of the bombing and rené iché made a violent sculpture the day after the bombing. it has inspired musical compositions by octavio vazquez ("gernika" piano trio) and rené-louis baron, and poems by paul eluard ("victory of guernica"), and uys krige ("nag van die fascistiese bomwerpers") (english translation from the afrikaans: "night of the fascist bombers"). there is also a short film from 1950 by alain resnais titled "guernica".
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