Bombing of Jaén

Bombing of Jaén
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Junkers Ju 52 3M aircraft
Location
37°46′0″N 3°46′16″W / 37.76667°N 3.77111°W / 37.76667; -3.77111
Date1 April 1937
Executed byNationalist Air Force
Casualties159 killed
Location of Jaén within Andalusia
Location of Jaén within Spain
Location of Jaén within Europe

The bombing of Jaén was an aerial attack on the city of Jaén on 1 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, by the Condor Legion of Nazi Germany, who fought for the rebels. The bombing was ordered by the General Queipo de Llano, as retaliation for a Republican air raid on the city of Córdoba.