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Originally posted by fluffy_lobster
A lot of historians would disagree with that... it was one of the first uses of bombs which caused true mass destruction, and the town was quite literally razed to the ground in a matter of a few air raids, civilians and all. It wasn't really provoked either; Hitler's main intent was to see how effective the raids would be, and the only victory was yet again evading the league of nations
In the sight of German it was a kind of terrorism (All what the Nazis did was terrorism before 1938). But there's no doubt among historians that Hitler was willing to support with it the National Front leaded by Franco during the Civil War. Guernica was a powerful Republican city so it was an important step for the National Front.
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