dozen devastating raids on the Catalonian capital_in an effort to rush weakening Republican resist-nce. "An estimated. 1,200 person: were killed and 2,000 wounded Nationalist. planes rained death and destruction on the heart of the city, turning the capital's leading streets Into a shambles of battered buildings and mutilated bodies.
Barcelona cafes became charnels as hundreds of bombs, the largest ever experienced in Barcelona, wiped out entire families and sent' panic stricken thousands fleeing into bomb-roof shelta Nationalist squadrons flew over the city at approximately halt hour tervals throughout the morning and to the carly afternoon, staying hove the range of Republican antiaircraft batteries as they dumped tons of bombs on the city.
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