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Bilbao was bombed by Francoist troops

88
years ago

9 April 1937,

Bilbao was bombed by Francoist troops. The bombing involved German and Italian air strikes and killed 30 people. Another 16 deaths and 40 injuries were captured by a train in the Uribarri neighbourhood tunnel. On the same day the Francoists also bombed the following villages: Amorebieta-Etxano, Areatza, Arrigorriaga, Bedia, Bermeo, Etxebarri, Galdakao, Gorbeia, Leioa, Ugao-Miraballes and Zeanuri.

Source:

Xabier Irujo, Atlas of Bombardments in the Basque Country (1936-1937) (Memory Collection).

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1937-01-01
The first newspaper in Basque history began to be published: Date
1937-01-02
Request for censorship of civil correspondence in the Salazar valley
1937-01-04
Bilbao was bombed by German aircraft and five people died
1937-01-05
Five women from the Jostunen union were killed by falangists in Mallorca
1937-01-06
Abraham Lincoln U.S. Internationalist Battalion to Fight Fascism in the Spanish State
1937-01-08
U.S. Congress banned the sale of war material in Spain
1937-02-07
Second day of the massacre on the road Malaga-Almeria, also known as 'Desbandá'
1937-02-11
The General Motors car factory in the US city of Flint ended the sit-down strike with workers' victory
1937-02-17
A missile carried as a war trophy erupted at the seat of the Union of Communist and Socialist Youth of Bilbao
1937-02-19
Two young Eritreans attempted to assassinate regent Rodolfo Graziani, imposed by Italy in Ethiopia
1937-02-23
Hondarribia Candido Saseta Etxeberria was killed by Francoists in Asturias
1937-03-05
Cape Matxitxako Sea War between the Francoist Army and Warriors
1937-03-21
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1937-03-31
The Francoists provoked the massacre of Azaceta, the largest of Álava
1937-03-31
Elorrio and Durango were bombed by Francoist order
1937-04-04
It fell into the hands of Francoist troops Otxandio
1937-04-06
On Mount Saibigain in Abadiño, hard fighting began between the Basque Army and the Francoist army
1937-04-06
Franco government announced the maritime blockade of Bilbao
1937-04-07
The Unit of Phalanx reported that in Donostia there was a lot of Basque and Catalan
1937-04-09
Bilbao was bombed by Francoist troops
1937-04-23
Francoist aircraft bombed Eibar
1937-04-26
Fascist planes bombed Gernika
1937-05-04
Imposition of spelling rules against the Basque Country in Hego Euskal Herria
1937-05-04
The Turkish army kicked off the Dersim massacre against the Kurds
1937-05-12
Bilboko portua bonbardatu zuen abiazio italiarrak
1937-05-21
'Havana' left Santurtzi with 3,840 Basque children fleeing war to the United Kingdom
1937-05-29
The Franco authorities of San Sebastian reported by circulating the ban on speaking in Basque and the filing of complaints
1937-05-30
Hamar langile hil zituen Poliziak Chicagon, AEBetan
1937-05-31
The Ertzaintza and the Basque Army seized two Spanish vessels
1937-06-13
Basque authorities are preparing to evacuate Bilbao
1937-06-14
Francoist troops took Mungia after a month and a half of attack
1937-06-19
Bilbao fell into the hands of the franchises and started harsh repression
1937-06-24
Euzkadiko futbol selekzioak Moskuko Lokomotiv taldearen aurka jokatu zuen
1937-06-25
‘Lauaxeta’ shooting by Francoists
1937-07-08
The United Kingdom introduced the war law and sent 13,000 soldiers to Palestine.
1937-07-10
The first exiled Basque children came to Wales
1937-07-12
Public exhibition of the 'Guernica' painting in Paris
1937-07-30
San Sebastian Civil Government fined businessman Joaquim Rivera for speaking “Catalan dialect”
1937-08-05
The Pamplona journalist Juana Mir was shot by Francoists, one of the few women who wrote in the press.
1937-08-13
Three Republican planes bombed Tudela
1937-10-15
Fourteen Basque prisoners were shot by Franco in El Dueso prison in Santoña
1937-10-28
42 Basque warriors shot by Francoist troops in Santoña
1937-11-19
57 Basque Republican prisoners for enslavement in Seville died in train accident
1937-12-13
Japanese army kicked off the Nanking City massacre in China
1937-12-13
Pedro Garmendia was executed by Francoists by garrote
1937-12-15
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