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What was the name of a Spanish town that Hitler had bombed?
The town of Guernica.
What country did the last name Haro come from?
Well, it looks like there is a town by the name of Haro in the Spanish Basque country. It must certainly be a Basque last name! Well, it looks like there is a town by the name of Haro in the Spanish Basque country. It must certainly be a Basque last name!
Where did Picasso go in the Spanish civil war?
He painted a large picture called Guernica,the name of a Spanish town seriously bombed by German warplanes testing the idea of 'Lightning war' or 'Blitzkrieg'
What was the name of the town that was attacked by Germany during the Spanish Civil War?
There were quite a few. But you're probably thinking of Guernica, which was bombed by the German airforce, in an attack which inspired a painting by Picasso.
What is the meaning of the word gurnika?
The word is not "gurnika," rather, it is "Gernika," the name of an ancient town in the Basque Country, famous for, among other reasons, the painting by Picasso "Guernica" (the Spanish spelling) depicting the bombing and strafing of the town, a purely civilian target, by German and Italian aircraft during the Spanish civil war.
Which basque town inspired a painting by Picasso?
Guernica.
Town that was brutally attacked by Germany during the Spanish Civil War?
Guernica
Is there a town of Zavala in the Basque area of Spain?
There doesn't appear to be a town anywhere in Spain named Zavala.
The spanish city was destoryed by German bombers in 1937?
There's some confusion here! No Spanish city has everbeen bombed by the Russians (or the Soviet Union). In the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) the Germans and Italians bombed the Basque town of Guernica. Casualties were high, and at the time the deliberate bombing of civilians was regarded as very shocking indeed.
How long was guernica bombed?
GermanyI hope this answers your question."Guernica, the oldest town of the Basque provinces and the center of their cultural traditions, was almost completely destroyed by the rebels in an air attack yesterday afternoon. The bombing of the undefended town far behind the front line took exactly three quarters of an hour. During this time and without interruption a group of German aircraft -- Junker and Heinkel bombers as well as Heinkel fighters -- dropped bombs weighing up to 500 kilogrammes on the town. At the same time low-flying fighter planes fired machine-guns at the inhabitants who had taken refuge in the fields. The whole of Guernica was in flames in a very short time."The Times, April 27, 1937.
What does Arellano mean?
"Arellano" is from a town name in the Basque region of Navarre, Spain.
What was Picasso protesting in 'Guernica'?
bombing of a civilian protest
