bombing of Gernika (1937)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/bombing_of_Gernika_(1937)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:bombing_of_Guernica
gptkbp:casualties estimated 150–300 killed
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Pablo Picasso's painting Guernica
gptkbp:date April 26, 1937
gptkbp:duration approximately 3 hours
gptkbp:followedBy capture of Gernika by Nationalist forces
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label bombing of Gernika (1937)
gptkbp:location Gernika, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain
gptkbp:notableFor international outrage
inspiration for anti-war art
gptkbp:order Nationalist forces
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Spanish_Civil_War
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Condor_Legion
gptkb:Aviazione_Legionaria
gptkbp:precededBy bombing of Durango
gptkbp:purpose to demoralize the Basque population
to support Nationalist advance
gptkbp:reportsTo gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Times
gptkbp:resultedIn destruction of much of the town
gptkbp:significance first aerial bombing of a civilian population in Europe
gptkbp:target civilian population
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Heinkel_He_111
gptkb:Junkers_Ju_52
gptkb:Savoia-Marchetti_SM.79
gptkbp:witnessedBy gptkb:George_Steer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:oak_tree_of_Gernika
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6