The Bombing of Gernika : A Short History

Abstract

Few events in the history of the world have aroused the passions of the decent, the fair, the peaceful, and the just as much as the brutal terror bombing attack on the Basque town of Gernika. From the decision of the fascist forces to attack the open city to the horror of the bombing, to its aftermath, this short history tells the terrible events that colored not only the modern history of the Basques but of all of humanity as it ushered in a new age of warfare.