The Bombing of Guernica

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

April 26, 1937. During the Spanish Civil War, the town of Guernica is bombed by Fascist forces, heralding a dark new era of warfare in which civilians are targeted in air raids.

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0:11.6	com. It's April 26,
0:15.0	It's April 26,
0:20.0	1937 on a road in northeast Spain.
0:26.0	It's a warm day, an Australian journalist Noel Monks is thankful for the fresh air
0:31.0	rushing into the car from the countryside.
0:33.0	Noel is a correspondent for the London Daily Express,
0:36.0	and he's come to Spain to cover the country's civil war,
0:40.0	which has been raging for almost a year.
0:42.0	Today, Noel is on his way to the front lines
0:45.0	to report on the fortunes of the Spanish Republican forces
0:48.0	struggling to keep their country together
0:50.0	against the rebelling nationalists.
0:52.0	Noel's driver, driver Anton occasionally has to
0:54.7	squirt the car around craters,
0:56.5	pockmarking the road, evidence of the fighting nearby.
1:01.5	Soon the road takes them through the small town of Gernica, which is busy today with
1:05.7	farmers and merchants from the surrounding area setting up shop in the town square.
1:10.3	Officially the town has canceled its Monday market because of the civil war in the country,
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