BOMBS OVER BISCAY, BARCELONA AND DRESDEN

Sometimes tragedies that have little to distinguish them from a wide range of similar events and which can make no claim to record n umbers of casualties or destructive impact go down in history as fundamental and emblematic. This is the case of two of the airstrik es discussed in this volume: Barcelona and Dresden. Other tragedies, however, are sometimes obscured by circumstances elsewhere. Thi s is the case of the ?other Guernicas?: that is to say, the bombings of Otxandio, Durango and Elorrio in Biscay. They are good examp les not ...[Read more]