The 26th April 1937 saw Hitler’s Condor Legion bomb the Northern Spanish Basque town of Guernica. It was seen as a proving ground for the Nazi party’s new Luftwaffe and much experience was to be garnered from the Spanish Civil War. The Condor Legion was led by Oberstleutnant Wolfram Freiherr Von Richthofen(The Red Baron’s cousin) and under Nationalist control. Guernica was behind the front lines and was a town of about 7000 population. The bombing was in waves and exact casualty reports are unknown, but probably numbered around 1000. The Legion was a mix of Fighters and Medium Bombers, all names we know: 109s(B not Es), HE 51s (biplanes), DO 17s, JU52s and HE111s. There were also some Italian Fiat Fighters and the versatile SM79.
The outcome of the bombing was to demoralise the townsfolk and lead to its falling to Franco’s Nationalists on the 29th April.
This bombing raid was to be a preview of what was to happen between 39-45 to larger cities like Warsaw, London,Berlin, Dresden and finally Tokyo.
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A high courts justices, annoyed with lower court judges who issue problematic rulings, have decided to send one of them back to law school.
In an order issued late Friday, Judge R K Towari was told to return for a three-month refresher course after issuing an arrest warrant in defiance of a previous higher courts ruling.
“Since Tiwari does not have even elementary knowledge of the criminal law and procedure it would be appropriate that he undergoes a refresher course.” Justice V. B. Gupta wrote.
The move comes after a series of high profile cases that have been overturned by a higher court or the national Supreme Court, citing lack of legal understanding by lower court judges.
–-Associated Press, sorry no reporter’s name is listed.
Gee, judges passing law school AND understanding the legal code! What is this, a Russian Gulag! We can’t make them do that! hehe.
Sorry, I just thought it was hilarious that the higher courts were getting fed up with idiot rulings and having to correct all these bad rulings in appeals.
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