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.
5 days until season 6! Make your predictions! (24)
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1. Tony is not dead.
2. Henderson is clearly not dead.
3. Jack will be in China for less than three episodes
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I predict that people will die in this new season. by gunshot wounds. to the face.
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Hey I’ve only watched a few episodes of the show if I started watching this season would I be completely lost?
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WTF are you guys talking aboot? :?
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I’m pretty sure (hoping) they’re talking about the tv show 24 on FOX
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Yeah, you’d probably be pretty confused if you started watching right off the bat. Still, a quick wikipedia check will get you updated.
24 is the half soap opera half badass action drama show that starts it’s 6th season on Sunday.
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I’m looking forward to the badass action drama part. But from what I’ve watched it seems like a good show overall.
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i predict that Jack’s heart will stop somewhere around episode 5-6… he’s has to die at least once a season.
Kim will make an appearance and either be hooked up with another lunatic or come back to work at CTU
the new president Palmer will have married someone that will bring all sorts of problems to his term.
–somewhere by ep 12 jack will use a lamp to “question” a suspect
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Lamp? I’m waiting for the “Jack and Lobster Interrogation”
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“Lobster” eh, well, part of the season is in NY this year, why not take an hour to drive up the coast and pick up a few roaches of the sea…. especially if there isn’t any british semi-ex-husbands of Jack’s girlfriend around to torture with a lamp cord sparks.
and on a tangent, why is everything in LA in seasons 1-5 only 20 mins away. I’ve only visited there twice, but nobody was getting anywhere in 20 mins…
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Traffic parts for Jack Bauer.
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