Spanish Civil War
1936-1939
Opposing Sides
-Republicans (the existing government) -those loyal to the established Republic- urban workers, agricultural
labourers, educated middle class
- Communists- Socialists- USSR- International Brigades
(volunteers from allied countries such as Britain, U.S., Canada)
-Nationalists (rebels)-General Fransisco Franco-Italy & Germany
BOMBING OF GEURNICA
Aerial attack on the Basque town of Geurnica by German Luftwaffe (Concorde division)
The bombing is considered one of the first raids in the history of modern military aviation on a defenseless civilian population
1,654 people killed (according to Basque government) – the numbers are disputed
http://crfranke.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/guernica_large.jpgGuernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937
Symbolism Bull = brutality of German Luftwaffe Horse = savagely wounded land of Spain Lamp = conscience of humankind Torn bodies and agonised faces = the
horrors of war