Bombing+of+Guernica

The bombing of Guernica was probably the single most notable incident of the Spanish Civil War. On April 26, 1937 Guernica, a small town near Bilbao, was bombed by German forces for three hours in the late afternoon. About 100-1600 people were estimated to have died and the destruction of property was horrific. About one house out of every ten was left undamaged. The raid was first attributed to the nationalists since German planes were used, however, recent evidence has shown that it could have been a Republican effort to win the war. The Guernica bombing was also the subject of the famous anti-war painting by Pablo Picasso.