Gernika, 1937 : The Market Day Massacre /

On April 26, 1937, a massive aerial attack by German and Italian forces reduced the Basque city of Gernika to rubble and left more than sixteen hundred people dead. Although the assault was initiated as part of a terror bombing campaign by Francoists against Basque Republican forces during the Spani...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irujo Ametzaga, Xabier (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Luftangriff
Military operations, Aerial > German.
Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Aerial operations, German.
Guernica (Spain) > History > 1937, bombardment.
Guernica
Spain > Guernica.
Spain.
Guernica y Luno (Espagne) > Histoire > 1937 (Bombardement)
Guernica (Spain) > History > Bombardment, 1937.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Gernika, the holy city of the Basques
  • The coup d'etat of July 18, 1936
  • Terror bombing at the Basque front
  • The market day massacre
  • An analysis of the attack
  • The aftermath of the bombing
  • Rebuilding Gernika
  • Gernika in the courts of justice
  • Gernika as an icon of terror bombing
  • Gernika in modern memory
  • Epilogue: Gernika, world capital for peace / by Jose Mari Gorroño.

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