What is Bombing of Guernica?
{{operational plan|name=Operation Rügen|target=|image=[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H25224, Guernica, Ruinen.jpg|300px]]|caption=Ruins of Guernica (1937)|scope=|type=[[Aerial bombing of cities|Aerial bombing]]|location=[[Guernica (town)|Guernica]], Basque Country, Spain|planned=|partof=the [[Spanish Civil War]]|planned_by=National Defense Junta|date={{start date and age|df=yes|1937|04|26}}|objective=|time=|time-begin=16:30|time-end=19:30|timezone=[[Central European Time|CET]]|executed_by={{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Condor Legion]]|outcome=|casualties=|fatalities=|injuries=}} The '''bombing of Guernica''' (26 April 1937) was an aerial bombing of the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque]] town of [[Guernica]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]]. It was mainly carried out by the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[Luftwaffe]]'s [[Condor Legion]] and the [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Fascist Italian]] [[Aviazione Legionaria]]. The attack is controversial because of the bombing of civilians by a military air force, which is seen as a [[war crime]]. [[Category:Spanish Civil War]] {{multistub|history|Europe|military}}