Timeline Wednesday 16 March 1938

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Wednesday 16 March 1938

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Events on Wednesday 16 March 1938 1

1938 Bombing of Barcelona Italian aircraft bomb the city for three days Italian bombers based on Majorca attacked Barcelona repeatedly on behalf of the Nationalists and killed about a thousand civilians. The raids caused international outrage and were an early example of terror bombing of a city.

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