International Involvement - Germany - Guernica

3 important questions on International Involvement - Germany - Guernica

When did the bombing of Guernica take place?

26 April 1937

What was the International Intervention in Guernica?

It was Italian and German fighters and bombers that attacked Guernica:
  • 27,000 kg of incendiary bombs were dropped
  • German fighters strafed roads full of fleeing survivors

What was Guernica the first significant example of?

  1. Deliberate attack of a civilian area
  2. Devastation of aerial bombs: 1500 people were killed; more injured (this was important for Britain in build-up to the war -> suddenly realised that she could be a target!)

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