August 15th, 2011 at 12:10PM
As a sign of what was to come in the next few years, one of the first ever bombings on a civilian population took place in Guernica, Spain on April 26, 1937. In order to help the Spanish Nationalist cause, planes from the Germany and Italy took part in the air raids.  Casualty rates differ by source, but there were at least a few hundred deaths along with a large amount of damage to the town. The bombing would inspire Pablo Picasso’s painting Guernica, painted as a gesture against war and as a way to bring attention to the events which transpired that day.

As a sign of what was to come in the next few years, one of the first ever bombings on a civilian population took place in Guernica, Spain on April 26, 1937.

In order to help the Spanish Nationalist cause, planes from the Germany and Italy took part in the air raids.  Casualty rates differ by source, but there were at least a few hundred deaths along with a large amount of damage to the town.

The bombing would inspire Pablo Picasso’s painting Guernica, painted as a gesture against war and as a way to bring attention to the events which transpired that day.

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