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Guernica is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3]
Guernica (/ ɡ ɜːr ˈ n iː k ə, ˈ ɡ ɜːr n ɪ k ə /, [3] Spanish pronunciation: [ɡeɾˈnika]), officially Gernika (pronounced) in Basque, is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain.
The attacks destroyed the majority of Guernica. Three-quarters of the city's buildings were reported completely destroyed, and most others sustained damage. Among infrastructure spared were the arms factories Unceta and Company and Talleres de Guernica along with the Assembly House Casa de Juntas and the Gernikako Arbola. Since the Luftwaffe ...
The destroying angel passes through Egypt. [1]In the Hebrew Bible, the destroying angel (Hebrew: מַלְאָך הַמַשְׁחִית, malʾāḵ hamašḥīṯ), also known as mashḥit (מַשְׁחִית mašḥīṯ, 'destroyer'; plural: מַשְׁחִיתִים, mašḥīṯīm, 'spoilers, ravagers'), is an entity sent out by God on several occasions to deal with numerous peoples.
April 26, 1937: More than 1,600 people killed by aerial bombardment of Guernica in Spain. April 13, 1937: Brutal lynching of two African-Americans takes place in Mississippi, with photographs later published worldwide (pictured: Robert McDaniels)
STORY: Upon a bridge split in two parts in the Ukrainian town of Irpin, Mexican artist Roberto Marquez is capturing the suffering of war by re-creating the world-famous “Guernica” by Pablo ...
Articles relating to the Bombing of Guernica (26 April 1937), an aerial bombing of the Basque town of Guernica (Gernika in Basque) during the Spanish Civil War.It was carried out at the behest of Francisco Franco's rebel Nationalist faction by its allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, under the code name "Operation Rügen".
Bombing of Guernica: 26 April 1937 Gernika: 150–300 [f] Condor Legion: The city of Gernika was destroyed in a deliberate bombing against civilians. Bombing of Sestao 23 May 1937 Sestao: 22–25 Nationalists Nazi Condor Legion bombed the town in a deliberate attack against civilians. [114] [115] Bombardment of Almería: 31 May 1937 Almería ...