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Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War. 1936-1939. Opposing Sides. Bombing of Geurnica. Aerial attack on the Basque town of Geurnica by German Luftwaffe (Concorde division) The bombing is considered one of the first raids in the history of modern military aviation on a defenseless civilian population

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Spanish Civil War

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  1. Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

  2. Opposing Sides

  3. Bombing of Geurnica • Aerial attack on the Basque town of Geurnica by German Luftwaffe (Concorde division) • The bombing is considered one of the first raids in the history of modern military aviation on a defenseless civilian population • 1,654 people killed (according to Basque government) – the numbers are disputed

  4. Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937 http://crfranke.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/guernica_large.jpg

  5. Symbolism • Bull = brutality of German Luftwaffe • Horse = savagely wounded land of Spain • Lamp = conscience of humankind • Torn bodies and agonised faces = the horrors of war

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