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On what specific day of the week did the Condor Legion bomb Guernica in April 1937?
Guernica was bombed on the afternoon of Monday 26 April 1937 — market day, with about 10,000 people from surrounding villages in the streets. About 300 civilians died. Picasso completed his painting within two months.
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The German Condor Legion Air Raid on the Basque Town of Guernica on Market Day 26 April 1937 That Killed Perhaps 300 Civilians and Produced Picasso's Painting The German Condor Legion's bombers attacked the small Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain on the afternoon of 26 April 1937 — a market day. The attack killed approximately 250-300 civilians and destroyed about 75 percent of the buildings. Pablo Picasso's monumental painting Guernica, completed two months later, became the canonical 20th-century anti-war image.
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