Lost In Music<p>24 Ιουλίου 1936, ο φωτογράφος Antoni Campañá βρίσκεται στα οδοφράγματα της La Ramba της Βαρκελώνης, συζητά με μια κοπέλα, αυτή σκαρφαλώνει σε ένα οδόφραγμα και ποζάρει κάτω από την μαυροκόκκινη σημαία των Ισπανών αναρχικών της CNT-FAI,λιγο αργότερα ξεκινά η φάλαγγα Ντουρούτι για το μέτωπο. Η ταυτότητα της κοπέλας,21 ετών τότε και μάλλον έγκυος αποκαλύφτηκε τυχαία μετά από 87χρόνια,.</p><p>Η ιστορία της Αnita Garbín Alonso (1917-1977) στο άρθρο της El Pais.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-28/ana-garbin-alonso-identity-of-anarchist-madonna-revealed-87-years-after-iconic-spanish-civil-war-photo.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.elpais.com/internation</span><span class="invisible">al/2023-06-28/ana-garbin-alonso-identity-of-anarchist-madonna-revealed-87-years-after-iconic-spanish-civil-war-photo.html</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a></p>
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>I wonder how involved my abuelo, who would have been only 13, or his father/family, was in this. They lived in village called Silla a few kilometres south of Valencia.</p><p>Soy pensamiento de mi abuelo y su familia durante el guerra civil en València.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Valencia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Valencia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Espa%C3%B1a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>España</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/historia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@onthisday/114898085057932640" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@onthisday/114</span><span class="invisible">898085057932640</span></a></p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>On <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisDayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisDayInHistory</span></a> in 1936, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> began. Pitting the parafascist <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Falangist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Falangist</span></a> forces of Francisco Franco against the leftist and left-leaning republicans. Then as now (cf. US support for right-wing clients), outside forces sympathetic to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> tipped the scales.</p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://therealnews.com/fighting-fascists-in-spain-the-abraham-lincoln-brigade" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therealnews.com/fighting-fasci</span><span class="invisible">sts-in-spain-the-abraham-lincoln-brigade</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheRealNewsNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheRealNewsNetwork</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TRNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRNN</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FightingFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightingFascists</span></a> : <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> 🇪🇸& The <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AbrahamLincolnBrigde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbrahamLincolnBrigde</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>🎼 🎶 🎸 ✊ El Quinto Regimiento - Anthem Of The Fifth Regiment (English Lyrics)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUTDnIS0TyI&list=PLPi81txCiOm3yOm7YFubhYkFmClHr_1z6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rUTDnIS0Ty</span><span class="invisible">I&list=PLPi81txCiOm3yOm7YFubhYkFmClHr_1z6</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>🎼 🎶 🎹 🎙️ ✊ <br>“Abraham Lincoln Brigade” - Song of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VRWBaJsa7I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=8VRWBaJsa7I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://alba-valb.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alba-valb.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ALBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALBA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>🎼 🎶 🪕 Viva La Quince Brigada - Pete Seeger and the Almanac singers </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnzwXVpZGrA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=vnzwXVpZGrA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> ✊ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a></p>
Erik L. Midtsveen 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈<p>"Hijos del pueblo" - Spanish Anarchist Song</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fbz2A2u1hs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=_Fbz2A2u1hs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/CNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CNT</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/HijosDelPueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HijosDelPueblo</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Syndicalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syndicalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/AnarchoSyndicalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnarchoSyndicalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchy</span></a></p>
WillR_LDN<p>One of the best depictions of the Spanish Revolution and Civil War of 1936-39, and IMO, one of the best cinematic depictions of revolution period, Libertarias. Showing the anarchist 'Free Women' who fought on the frontlines against the fascistic Nationalist army uprising, side by side with their male comrades.</p><p>TW: Violence and Sexual Violence</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/libertarias_1996" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/libertaria</span><span class="invisible">s_1996</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Libertarias" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Libertarias</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anarchafeminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anarchafeminism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mujereslibres" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mujereslibres</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spanishcivilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spanishcivilwar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/womensliberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>womensliberation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/durutti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>durutti</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>July 4, 1911: On this date, Martin David Maki was born. A Finnish American immigrant to MN, he fought fascism with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Served in machine gun co. at Brunete, Fuentes de Ebro, & Retreats, Gandesa. He was wounded & later a POW in April, 1939; Returned to the US May 6, 1939. Served in WW2 in the US Army & fought in France, Germany, Austria & Czechoslovakia, Died 5/22/2001, buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antifa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://alba-valb.org/volunteers/martin-david-maki/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alba-valb.org/volunteers/marti</span><span class="invisible">n-david-maki/</span></a></p>
Hurting more people is worse<p>"Jewish Volunteers, the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War" <a href="https://dokumen.pub/jewish-volunteers-the-international-brigades-and-the-spanish-civil-war-9781472505491-9781474218801-9781472513793.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dokumen.pub/jewish-volunteers-</span><span class="invisible">the-international-brigades-and-the-spanish-civil-war-9781472505491-9781474218801-9781472513793.html</span></a></p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@kmpiw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kmpiw@infosec.exchange</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@kmpiw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kmpiw@kolektiva.social</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JewishResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishResistance</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Magazine<p>Aragon and Catalonia battle over the 'Sistine Chapel of Romanesque art'.</p><p>Spain's Supreme Court has given a museum in Barcelona 20 days to return mural paintings to the Monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena, from which they were removed in 1936 for protection during the Spanish Civil War.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250611-aragon-and-catalonia-battle-over-the-sistine-chapel-of-romanesque-art?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250611</span><span class="invisible">-aragon-and-catalonia-battle-over-the-sistine-chapel-of-romanesque-art?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Aragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aragon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Catalonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catalonia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Barcelona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Barcelona</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>Frank Ryan (Proinsias Ó Riain), who was born in Elton, County Limerick, died in Dresden, Germany. He fought in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side. He was imprisoned by the Spanish but then he was handed over to the Germans in 1940. His spent the next four years in Germany where his actions and motivations remain murky.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FrankRyan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrankRyan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a></p>
Bullivant<p>His spent the next four years in Germany where his actions and motivations remain murky. 2/2
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Ireland" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23IrishHistory" target="_blank">#IrishHistory</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FrankRyan" target="_blank">#FrankRyan</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SpanishCivilWar" target="_blank">#SpanishCivilWar</a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Huerta Grande Estate Pilasters in Madrid, Spain</p><p>Two 18th-century pilasters, which once formed an arch, were destroyed during the Spanish Civil War.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=spanishcivilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spanishcivilwar</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=arches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arches</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=columns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>columns</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pilasters-of-the-main-gate-of-the-huerta-grande-estate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Huerta Grande Estate Pilasters</a></p>
IainMac9 🇦🇺🏴🇸🇩<p>87 years ago - on the 23 May, 1938, courtesy of the UGT, the General Workers Union of Catalunya, this docket was exchanged for 25 bottles of anis, to be consumed by the 57th battalion of the 15th International Brigade, in Tàrrega, Catalunya. I hope they enjoyed them! They were volunteers from around the world, fighting Fascism (the original Antifa!) and we need their ilk to return and fight its resurgence….. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/nopasar%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nopasarán</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/brigadasinternacionales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brigadasinternacionales</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/guerracivilespa%C3%B1ola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guerracivilespañola</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifascist</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UGT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UGT</span></a></p>
MetaFilter<p>What's good on MetaFilter today: An old school Italian red sauce and iconic posters from the Spanish Civil War:</p><p><a href="https://bestof.metafilter.com/2025/05/The-ultimate-red-sauce-and-fantastic-posters-from-the-Spanish-Civil-War" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bestof.metafilter.com/2025/05/</span><span class="invisible">The-ultimate-red-sauce-and-fantastic-posters-from-the-Spanish-Civil-War</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/redsauce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redsauce</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/italian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>italian</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/recipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recipe</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/poster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poster</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/spanishcivilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spanishcivilwar</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/veday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veday</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/bestofmetafilter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bestofmetafilter</span></a></p>
LukefromDC<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifascist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a><br>Tampa remembers the 1937 Anti-Fascist Women's March in Ybor City</p><p>In 1937, an anti-Fascist women's march stepped off in Ybor City in Tampa' FL. They marched to City Hall to deliver a letter to the Mayor in support of those in Spain resisting Franco and Fascism in the Spanish Civil War.</p><p>On May 6 2025, another women's march set forth in Ybor City. One contingent reversed the original direction, marching from City Hall into Ybor City, then linking up with other marchers. The march ended at Centennial Park after stopping for a few speeches at the location the orginal march set forth from.</p><p>This time around, it's the United States where Fascists similar to Franco and his thugs have taken power. Marchers emphasized that we were all there to resist Fascism here and today.</p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>On <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisDayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisDayInHistory</span></a> in 1937, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> Condor Legion, working for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Franco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Franco</span></a>'s parafascist faction in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a>, bombed and destroyed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Basque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Basque</span></a> town of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gernika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gernika</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stuka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stuka</span></a> dive-bombers practically erased it in a horrific assault meant to test German preparedness for war.</p>
iamBullivant<p>In the late afternoon of Monday 26 April 1937, the small Basque town of Guernica was destroyed by sustained bombing attacks by Hitler’s Condor Legion and Mussolini’s Aviazzione Legionaria. The choice of projectiles was aimed to cause the greatest possible number of civilian casualties. The atrocity was imortalised in the famous painting by Pablo Picasso.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SpanishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SpanishCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishCivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Guernica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guernica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
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