Timeline Monday 26 April 1937

Events on Monday 26 April 1937 2

• 1937 Bombing of Guernica German and Italian aircraft destroy a Basque town Aircraft of the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria bombed the Basque town of Guernica in support of Franco's Nationalists. Much of the town was destroyed and civilians were killed. The attack became a worldwide symbol of the horror of bombing civilians and inspired Picasso's painting Guernica.
• 1937 Guernica painted Response to the bombing of a Basque town Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 in response to the Nazi bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The monumental black-and-white canvas is the most powerful anti-war statement in art history.