Bombing of Jaén

The Bombing of Jaén was an aerial attack on the city of Jaén on April 1, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, by the Condor Legion of Nazi Germany, who fought for the rebels. The bombing was ordered by the General Queipo de Llano, as retaliation for a republican air raid on the city of Córdoba.

Bombing of Jaén
Part of Spanish Civil War
Location
Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
Date1 April 1937
Executed byNationalist Air Force
Casualties159 killed

The bombing

On April 1, 1937, six German Ju 52 bombers of the Nationalist Air Force, escorted by six Heinkel He 51 and three CR 32 fighters, bombed the city of Jaen,[1] [2] which had no legitimate military targets or anti-aircraft defenses. Current estimates indicated there were 159 deaths among the civilian population[3] and several hundred injured, comparable with the Bombing of Guernica, which occurred four weeks later.

Aftermath

As a reprisal, the local republican authorities executed 128 Nationalist prisoners.[4]

See also

Notes
  1. Cuevas Mata, Juan (2017). El Bombardeo de Jaén: 1 de Abril de 1937 (PDF). Jaén: Gráficas La Paz. p. 52. ISBN 978-84-616-6467-2.
  2. Julía, Santos; Casanova, Julían; Solé i Sabaté, Josep Maria; Villarroya, Joan; and Moreno, Francisco. Víctimas de la guerra civil. Editorial Temas de Hoy. 2006. Madrid. p.171
  3. http://www.laguerracivilenjaen.com/listado7.pdf
  4. Julía, Santos; Casanova, Julían; Solé i Sabaté, Josep Maria; Villarroya, Joan; and Moreno, Francisco. Víctimas de la guerra civil. Editorial Temas de Hoy. 2006. Madrid. p.171


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