THE BOMBING OF GUERNICA. PART ONE
Tomorrow is the 69 th anniversay of the Bombing of Guernica, during the Spanish Civil War of 1936/39 Monday, April 26 th 1937: market day in the Basque city of Guernica. The streets are crowded with inhabitants, and people from the outlying areas of Irun and Santander: roughly 10,000 in number. At 3.30 p.m. the church bells begin to ring the alarm, and five minutes later the first trimotor Junkers 52 bomber appears, and flying low, it drops six heavy bombs. Five minutes later another appears,... Sign in to see full entry.