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|image=Barcelona bombing (1938).jpg
|title=Spanish Civil War
|texttitle=Aerial bombing of Barcelona
|caption=During the Spanish Civil War, Barcelona came under aerial bombardment for three days beginning {{nowrap|March 16}}, 1938, from the Italian Aviazione Legionaria, causing more than 3,000 deaths. These attacks were at the request of General Francisco Franco as retribution against the resolutely Republican Catalan population.
|credit=Photo: Aviazione Legionaria
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