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Dublin Commemoration Of Nazi Bombing Of Gernika On Its 75th Anniversary
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Thursday April 26, 2012 14:32 by Dublin Basque - Dublin Irish Basque Solidarity Committee basquedublin at gmail dot com
Dublin Basque Solidarity Committee commemorates world-famous event of the Spanish Civil War This week 75 years ago, the Basquetown of Gernika was virtually destroyed with huge loss of life in a bombing raid by the Condor Legion, a cover name for a detachment of the Luftwaffe loaned to the Spanish generals leading a mutiny against the elected Popular Front government of the Spanish state. The Dublin Basque Solidarity Committee will be commemorating this event on Friday 27th (the actual anniversary is the 28th). The bombing was part of an experiment in urban civilian air-bombing for the Nazis, which they and the Allies were later to use in the Second World War. For the Spanish Generals, it was a punishment for the Basques who sided with the Popular Front Government (which belatedly granted them autonomy, as they had earlier done to Catalonia). |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2apologies, the actual anniversary of the bombing was the 26th April
I was about to unleash the "dogs of war" until I reread, and spotted "which they and the Allies were later to use in the Second World War"
Well done and I hope that things went well.
People are at a low ebb but keep up your good work educating which in turn will help towards rebuilding national confidence.
Then the effective resistance will begin.