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German's Test their Luftwaffe in 1937....
Item # 723973
April 30, 1937
NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, April 30, 1937.
* Nazi Germany Luftwaffe (air force) tested
* Aerial Bombing of Guernica - Spain Civil War
* Anti-war painting by Pablo Picasso fame
The front page has a two column heading: "Britain, France Investigate Nazi Role in Killing of 800" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 34 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally in good condition.
AI notes: The aerial bombing of Guernica took place in April of 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, and became one of the earliest and most infamous examples of deliberate aerial terror bombing against civilians. The attack was carried out primarily by Germany’s Condor Legion, assisted by Italian Fascist aircraft, in support of General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces against the Republican-held Basque town of Guernica (Gernika), a cultural and symbolic center of Basque identity. Over the course of roughly three hours, waves of bombers dropped high-explosive and incendiary bombs, followed by strafing runs that targeted civilians fleeing the town, igniting widespread fires and destroying much of Guernica’s medieval core. While military targets were minimal, the assault devastated the civilian population, killing an estimated 200–300 people (earlier reports claimed far higher figures) and leaving thousands homeless. The bombing shocked international opinion after vivid reporting by journalists such as George Steer, and it became a lasting symbol of the horrors of modern warfare, immortalized most famously in Pablo Picasso’s 1937 painting Guernica, which transformed the event into a global anti-war icon.
* Nazi Germany Luftwaffe (air force) tested
* Aerial Bombing of Guernica - Spain Civil War
* Anti-war painting by Pablo Picasso fame
The front page has a two column heading: "Britain, France Investigate Nazi Role in Killing of 800" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 34 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally in good condition.
AI notes: The aerial bombing of Guernica took place in April of 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, and became one of the earliest and most infamous examples of deliberate aerial terror bombing against civilians. The attack was carried out primarily by Germany’s Condor Legion, assisted by Italian Fascist aircraft, in support of General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces against the Republican-held Basque town of Guernica (Gernika), a cultural and symbolic center of Basque identity. Over the course of roughly three hours, waves of bombers dropped high-explosive and incendiary bombs, followed by strafing runs that targeted civilians fleeing the town, igniting widespread fires and destroying much of Guernica’s medieval core. While military targets were minimal, the assault devastated the civilian population, killing an estimated 200–300 people (earlier reports claimed far higher figures) and leaving thousands homeless. The bombing shocked international opinion after vivid reporting by journalists such as George Steer, and it became a lasting symbol of the horrors of modern warfare, immortalized most famously in Pablo Picasso’s 1937 painting Guernica, which transformed the event into a global anti-war icon.
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