Nearly the entire city was destroyed, and along with it the majority of Basque history. Casualties were estimated to be near 10,000, leaving 1,650 citizens dead, mostly consisting of the elderly, women, and children. This fueled outrage among citizens all over Spain as shown in Pablo Picasso's masterpiece, Guernica, which depicts the terror and horror experienced on that day...
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The bombing of Guernica brought along a new, stronger wave of nationalism, now turning dangerous. In the six months after the destruction of Guernica, 16,000 nationalist rebels were arrested and 1,000 were executed. Franco had enforced laws making it punishable by death for assisting a Basque Nationalist in any way, even supplying one with food...
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