Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Picasso's Guernica Paint

Year: April 26, 1937
What is it about: was subjected to cruel bombing by German aircraft, which resulted in many innocent victims and material damage.
Story: The fact is part of the development of the Spanish Civil War, began on July 18, 1936, and facing the government of the Republic, democratically elected, with Franco's rebel army, rebelled against the legitimate power. While the Soviet Stalin helped the Republic, Franco got plenty of human and material support of Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany. Aviation latter took the initiative to bomb Guernica on their own, without seeking any permission or notification to Franco.
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