Condor Legion

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Luftwaffe formation military unit

The Condor Legion was a unit of German air and ground forces sent by Nazi Germany to support Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War, notorious for its bombing of civilian targets such as Guernica and for testing tactics later used in World War II.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Condor Legion canonical	20
German Condor Legion	6
"Rata" was nickname used by Nationalist Spanish pilots	1
Condor Legion (German support unit)	1
Condor Legion air units	1
Condor Legion officers	1
Condor Legion operations in Spanish Civil War	1
German Condor Legion (support role)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Luftwaffe formation ⓘ military unit ⓘ
allegiance	Adolf Hitler ⓘ
commander	Hugo Sperrle ⓘ Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen ⓘ surface form: Wolfram von Richthofen
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbanded	1939 ⓘ
endTime	1939 ⓘ
engagedIn	Siege of Madrid ⓘ surface form: Battle of Madrid Battle of the Ebro ⓘ bombing of Durango ⓘ Bombing of Guernica ⓘ surface form: bombing of Guernica
garrison	Salamanca ⓘ
hasPart	air units ⓘ anti-aircraft units ⓘ armored units ⓘ ground units ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ anti-communism ⓘ
languageOfCommand	German ⓘ
legacy	influence on World War II air strategy ⓘ
motto	Wir kämpfen gegen den Bolschewismus ⓘ
notableFor	Bombing of Guernica ⓘ surface form: bombing of Guernica bombing of civilian targets ⓘ development of Blitzkrieg tactics ⓘ testing of aerial warfare tactics ⓘ
operatedBy	Luftwaffe ⓘ
operationalArea	Basque Country ⓘ northern Spain ⓘ
opposed	Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
partOf	Bundeswehr ⓘ surface form: German Armed Forces
perpetratorOf	war crimes against civilians ⓘ
returnedTo	Germany ⓘ
startTime	1936 ⓘ
supports	Francisco Franco ⓘ Nationalist faction in Spanish Civil War ⓘ
symbol	condor emblem ⓘ
trainingRole	combat experience for German pilots ⓘ testing ground for Luftwaffe tactics ⓘ
uses	Heinkel He 111 ⓘ surface form: Heinkel He 111 aircraft Junkers Ju 52 aircraft ⓘ Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ surface form: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft Panzer I tanks ⓘ carpet bombing tactics ⓘ close air support tactics ⓘ dive bombing tactics ⓘ terror bombing strategy ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Civil War → notableUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → servedInUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

Battle of Jarama → belligerent → Condor Legion ⓘ

Battle of Jarama → involvedUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Condor Legion air units

Siege of Madrid → hasParticipant → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion

Guernica → bombedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion

Battle of the Ebro → airPowerUsedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

Bombing of Guernica → belligerent → Condor Legion ⓘ

Hugo Sperrle → memberOf → Condor Legion ⓘ

Werner Mölders → participatedIn → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Condor Legion operations in Spanish Civil War

Werner Mölders → militaryUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

Battle of Brunete → involvedMilitaryUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

Corpo Truppe Volontarie → alliedWith → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion

Panzer I tanks → usedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

subject surface form: Panzer I

Central front of the Spanish Civil War → involves → Condor Legion ⓘ

Catalonia Offensive → involvedForce → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion (support role)

Aragon Offensive → supportedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

Gernika-Lumo → bombedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds → eligibility → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Condor Legion officers

Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds → associatedWith → Condor Legion ⓘ

Spanish Nationalist Air Force → supportedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

Soviet Polikarpov I-16 → originOfNickname → Condor Legion ⓘ

subject surface form: Polikarpov I-16

this entity surface form: "Rata" was nickname used by Nationalist Spanish pilots

Spanish Republican Army → opponent → Condor Legion ⓘ

Francoist military forces → notableUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Condor Legion (German support unit)

Battle of Santander → involves → Condor Legion ⓘ

Italian expeditionary force in Spain → alliedWith → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion

Battle of Madrid → hasParticipant → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion

PzKpfw I → usedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

Battle of Teruel → involvedForce → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion

Legionary Air Force → cooperatedWith → Condor Legion ⓘ

Aviación Nacional → alliedUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

FARE → mainOpposingAirForce → Condor Legion ⓘ