The Bombing of Guernica

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a crossing west of Guernica

The bridge is ~225m east of the center of the town.

Order: "bomb the road and bridge to the east of Guernica"

Three SM.79's dropped thirty-six light explosive bombs (50 kg)and incendiaries (1 kg). A Dornier Do 17, coming from the south, dropped approximately twelve 50-kilogram bombs. Hardly big enough bombs to take out a stone bridge. Did they try to burn down a stone bridge?

poor navigation in poor weather

They had no trouble finding the town.

A recent study by Raul Arias Ramos in his book La Legion Condor en La Guerra Civil states that there were 250 dead and the study by Joan Villarroya and J.M. Sole i Sabate in their book España en Llamas. La Guerra Civil desde el Aire states that there were 300 dead These sources have been cited by historians such as and as well as media such as the BBC and El Mundo.