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The bombing of 25 May 1938

Alacant/Alicante, L'Alacantí, Alicante

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The bombing of 25 May 1938

Historical milestone · Alacant/Alicante, L'Alacantí, Alicante

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The Italian air force bombed on 25 May 1938 the city center at the busiest hour in the market and the surrounding streets. Around three hundred people died and it was one of the deadliest attacks on a civilian population of the whole war.

1938

Photo: chisloup (CC BY 3.0)

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