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Gernika, 1937: The Market Day Massacre (The Basque Series)
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Hardcover. A detailed analysis of conflict in the Basque country Series: The Basque Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWP; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
On April 26, 1937, a massive aerial attack by German and Italian forces reduced the Basque city of Gernika to rubble and left more than sixteen hundred people dead. Although the assault was initiated as part of a terror bombing campaign by Francoists against Basque Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War, its main intent was to test the effectiveness of the rising German Luftwaffe’s new equipment and strategies.
To produce this detailed analysis of the political and military background of the attack and its subsequent international impact, Xabier Irujo examined archives and official government documents in several countries ... Read more
On April 26, 1937, a massive aerial attack by German and Italian forces reduced the Basque city of Gernika to rubble and left more than sixteen hundred people dead. Although the assault was initiated as part of a terror bombing campaign by Francoists against Basque Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War, its main intent was to test the effectiveness of the rising German Luftwaffe’s new equipment and strategies.
To produce this detailed analysis of the political and military background of the attack and its subsequent international impact, Xabier Irujo examined archives and official government documents in several countries ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Series
The Basque Series
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874179781
SKU
V9780874179781
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Ref
99-15
About Unknown
Xabier Irujo is associate professor and codirector at the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. He is the author of ten books and numerous scholarly articles, mostly focusing on aspects of genocide.
Reviews for Gernika, 1937: The Market Day Massacre (The Basque Series)
”In Gernika, 1937: The Market Day Massacre, historian Xabier Irujo reveals the hitherto unknown fact that the destruction of the historic Basque town of Guernica was planned by Nazi minister Hermann Goring as a gift for Hitler’s birthday.” -The New York Review of Books “The book helps elucidate highly controversial topics about the undeclared war that Germany and Italy ... Read more