Bombing of Xàtiva

Bombing of Xàtiva
Part of the Spanish Civil War

Memorial to the dead at Xàtiva Railway Station. Named "Aixopluc", it was inaugurated on 18 February 2007.
Date12 February 1939
Location
Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain
Result Destruction of the 49th Mixed Brigade
Belligerents
 Nationalist Spain
 Kingdom of Italy		  Spanish Republic
Units involved
Aviazione Legionaria 49th Mixed Brigade
Strength
Five Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 1 Mixed Brigade
Casualties and losses
None 129 killed
200+ injured

The bombing of Xàtiva was an aerial bombing of the railway station of Xàtiva, Valencia Province, during the last phase of the Spanish Civil War. It was carried out on 12 February 1939 at the behest of Francisco Franco's nationalist government by the Aviazione Legionaria of its Fascist Italian allies.

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