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Defining Moment · 89 years ago today
The Bombing of Guernica
German Condor Legion and Italian bombers attacked the Basque market town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, killing an estimated 150-300 civilians in one of the first deliberate terror bombings of an undefended town. The attack inspired Picasso's masterwork and became the world's most powerful symbol of aerial bombardment against civilians.
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