Bombing of Jaén
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| date = 1 April 1937
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The bombing of Jaén was an aerial attack on the city of Jaén on 1 April 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
On 1 April 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 Jaén,{{Cite book|url=http://www.turjaen.org/sites/default/files/bombardeo_jaen_juan_cuevas_mata.pdf|title=El Bombardeo de Jaén: 1 de Abril de 1937|last=Cuevas Mata|first=Juan|publisher=Gráficas La Paz|year=2017|isbn=978-84-616-6467-2|location=Jaén|pages=52}}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 which had no legitimate military targets or anti-aircraft defenses. Current estimates indicated there were 159 deaths among the civilian population{{Cite web |url=http://www.laguerracivilenjaen.com/listado7.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122115127/http://www.laguerracivilenjaen.com/listado7.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-22 |url-status=dead }} 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.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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Category:Battles of the Spanish Civil War
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Category:Airstrikes during the Spanish Civil War
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Category:Nazi war crimes in Spain
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