THE BOMBING OF GUERNICA
It is April 26 th and being a Monday, it is market day. The streets are crowded with inhabitants, and people from the outlying areas of Irun and Santander: roughly 10,000 in number. At 3.30 p.m. the church bells begin to ring the alarm, and five minutes later the first tri-motor Junkers 52 bomber appears and flying low, it drops six heavy bombs. Five minutes later another appears, and drops another six. Fifteen minutes after that, three more J52s appear, and begin the systematic destruction of... Sign in to see full entry.